Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township 50, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 50 was a census subdivision in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,501. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.173°N, 62.865°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 50 had a population of 1,501: 778 male and 723 female residents. Population density was 44.0 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 50 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 233 |
| Number of families | 233 |
| Number of females | 723 |
| Number of males | 778 |
| Number of married females | 189 |
| Number of married males | 189 |
| Number of married persons | 378 |
| Number of widowed females | 53 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 73 |
| POP TOT | 1,501 |
| Total population | 1,501 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 482 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 568 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,050 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 233 |
| Number of occupied houses | 233 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,643 |
| Acres of potatoes | 818 |
| Acres of wheat | 816 |
| BAR BU | 1,722 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,722 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 552 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 386 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 82,051 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 713 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 143,937 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 9,732 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 43,480 |
| BWT BU | 552 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 2,643 |
| HAY TONS | 3,692 |
| OAT BU | 82,051 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 15 |
| POT AC | 818 |
| POT BU | 143,937 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,692 |
| WHT AC | 816 |
| WHT SP BU | 9,732 |
Fisheries (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 56 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 482 |
| C UNMD M | 568 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,050 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| D OCC | 233 |
| FEMALE | 723 |
| GRA BU | 386 |
| H CON | 9 |
| H INHAB | 233 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| MALE | 778 |
| MCK XB Q | 9 |
| MD F | 189 |
| MD M | 189 |
| MD TOT | 378 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 713 |
| OYS XB Q | 56 |
| TUR BU | 43,480 |
| WID F | 53 |
| WID M | 20 |
| WID TOT | 73 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE003017 — 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 50, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-50-pe002018-1881/.