Township 51, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 51 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,106. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2387798. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.221°N, 62.722°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 51 had a population of 1,106: 571 male and 535 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,093 |
| 1881 | 1,106 |
| 1891 | 1,110 |
| 1901 | 1,007 |
| 1911 | 995 |
| 1921 | 785 |
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 51 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,106 total population, 571 males, 535 females, 290 married persons, 175 families, 147 married females, 143 married males, 36 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 780 single persons under 18, 422 single males under 18, 358 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 175 inhabited houses, 175 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 118,300 bushels of potatoes, 50,048 bushels of oats, 20,304 bushels of turnips, 8,001 bushels of spring wheat, 2,111 acres of hay crops, 2,077 tons of hay, 759 acres of potatoes, 668 acres of wheat, 432 bushels of buckwheat, 418 bushels of other root crops, 369 bushels of barley, 204 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 32 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,106 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:
PE003016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2387798
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_51,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_51_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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 51, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-51-pe003016-1881/.