Township 47, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township 47 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,139. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.437°N, 62.082°W.

Population

In 1891, Township 47 had a population of 1,139: 566 male and 573 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Township 47 shared boundaries with:

• Township 46

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,139 total population, 573 females, 566 males, 291 married persons, 210 families, 146 married males, 145 married females, 73 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 775 single persons under 18, 396 single males under 18, 379 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,130 persons who are not French Canadian, 9 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 209 occupied houses, 208 houses, 208 houses built of wood, 203 houses of 1 story, 125 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 84,569 bushels of potatoes, 30,897 bushels of oats, 27,392 pounds of homemade butter, 19,261 acres of land in farms, 10,776 acres of improved land in farms, 8,485 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,411 acres of farmland under crops, 8,323 bushels of turnips, 6,825 chickens, 6,227 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,045 bushels of spring wheat, 5,988 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,645 bushels of barley, 2,323 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,971 tons of hay, 1,702 acres of hay crops, 1,656 sheep, 1,600 acres of oats, 733 other cattle, 712 milk cows, 708 swine, 497 swine slaughtered or sold, 468 acres of wheat, 460 acres of potatoes, 432 sheep slaughtered or sold, 371 cattle killed or sold, 317 horses aged over 3 years, 274 geese, 222 occupants of farms, 217 farm occupants who own their land, 146 acres of barley, 137 bushels of buckwheat, 120 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 83 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 82 horses aged 3 years and under, 67 bushels of beans, 49 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 45 ducks, 44 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 38 acres of turnips, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 other fowl, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 turkeys, 1 bushels of peas, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE134011 — 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-47-pe134011-1891/.