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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259923

Township 47, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township 47 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,057. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.437°N, 62.082°W.

Population

In 1871, Township 47 had a population of 1,057.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,057
18811,131
18911,139
1901988
1911907
1921840

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

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township 47 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,057 total population, 294 married persons, 174 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 2 blind persons, 297 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 763 single persons, 3 insane persons, 21 persons married, 13 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 65 males aged under 5, 131 males aged 5 to 16, 58 males aged 16 to 21, 155 males aged 21 to 45, 69 males aged 45 to 60, 41 males over 60, 61 females aged 0 to 5, 137 females aged 5 to 16, 59 females aged 16 to 21, 175 females aged 21-45, 65 females aged 45-60, 41 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 30 persons originating in Scotland, 23 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in all other places, 2 Indigenous females, 2 Indigenous males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 13 persons originating in England, 18 persons originating in the British Provinces, 967 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 19 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 2 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 739 Roman Catholics, 2 Methodists, 285 Baptists, 1 Bible Christians, 9 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 54,069 bushels of oats, 51,027 bushels of potatoes, 13,659 pounds of homemade butter, 5,524 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,389 bushels of barley, 3,825 bushels of wheat, 2,455 sheep, 1,125 bushels of turnips, 1,000 swine, 939 tons of hay, 371 horses, 82 bushels of buckwheat, 22 bushels of other root crops, 9.50 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of winter wheat, 2 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 14,941 acres of farmland owned, 2,353 acres of farmland rented, 491 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 160 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 86 persons holding farmland of first quality, 76 persons holding farmland of second quality, 6 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,513 acres of farmland in arable land, 104 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£72 s16 d0 value apples and other fruits, 1 bushels of vetches, 1,105 pounds of flax, 27 farming mills, 6 hay mowing machines, 26 hay-making machines, 12 mud-digging machines, 4 other machines, 25 threshing machines, 1,399 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,127 yards of fulled cloth, 2 grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 241 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 386 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,672 yards of not-fulled cloth, 873 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 3 shingle and lath mills, 14 carriages and sleighs, 7,854 yards of cloth, 1 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 610 gallons of fish oil, 144 barrels of mackerel, 104 barrels of herring or alewives, 66 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 11 fishing establishments, 929 quintals of codfish or hake, 43 men employed in fishing, 293 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-47-pe003005-1871/.