Township 47, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)

Township 47 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,131. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.437°N, 62.082°W.

Population

In 1881, Township 47 had a population of 1,131: 567 male and 564 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Township 47 shared boundaries with:

• Township 46

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,131 total population, 567 males, 564 females, 283 married persons, 200 families, 142 married females, 141 married males, 65 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 783 single persons under 18, 408 single males under 18, 375 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 200 inhabited houses, 200 occupied houses, 4 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 59,813 bushels of potatoes, 36,713 bushels of oats, 6,022 bushels of spring wheat, 4,270 bushels of turnips, 2,355 bushels of barley, 1,702 tons of hay, 1,435 acres of hay crops, 410 acres of potatoes, 396 acres of wheat, 160 bushels of other root crops, 124 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,703 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,294 quintals of cod, 1,271 barrels of mackerel, 751 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 553 gallons of fish oil, 205 barrels of herring or alewives, 116 men on fishing boats, 90 fishing boats, 35 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,131 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE003001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE001010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259923
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_47,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_47

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1881 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Township 47, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-47-pe003001-1881/.