Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: King's
Township 47, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 47 was a census subdivision in King's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,131. 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 density was 30.8 people per square mile.
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:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 200 |
| Number of families | 200 |
| Number of females | 564 |
| Number of males | 567 |
| Number of married females | 142 |
| Number of married males | 141 |
| Number of married persons | 283 |
| Number of widowed females | 47 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP TOT | 1,131 |
| Total population | 1,131 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 375 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 408 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 783 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 200 |
| Number of occupied houses | 200 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,435 |
| Acres of potatoes | 410 |
| Acres of wheat | 396 |
| BAR BU | 2,355 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,355 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 124 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 36,713 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 160 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 59,813 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 6,022 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,270 |
| CRN BU | 3 |
| HAY AC | 1,435 |
| HAY TONS | 1,702 |
| OAT BU | 36,713 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 19 |
| POT AC | 410 |
| POT BU | 59,813 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,702 |
| WHT AC | 396 |
| WHT SP BU | 6,022 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 35 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 205 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,271 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,703 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 553 |
| Number of fishing boats | 90 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 116 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,294 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 751 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 205 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 116 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 90 |
| C UNMD F | 375 |
| C UNMD M | 408 |
| C UNMD TOT | 783 |
| CD NAME | King's |
| COD DX K | 1,294 |
| D OCC | 200 |
| FEMALE | 564 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 553 |
| GRA BU | 124 |
| GSP XB Q | 35 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 200 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| HAD DX K | 751 |
| MALE | 567 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,271 |
| MD F | 142 |
| MD M | 141 |
| MD TOT | 283 |
| NET XX F | 1,703 |
| NUMBER CD | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 160 |
| TUR BU | 4,270 |
| WID F | 47 |
| WID M | 18 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.