Township 52, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 52 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,044. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.244°N, 62.673°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 52 had a population of 1,044.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,044 |
| 1881 | 1,205 |
| 1891 | 1,429 |
| 1901 | 1,055 |
| 1911 | 1,156 |
| 1921 | 1,076 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 52 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,044 total population, 296 married persons, 180 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 502 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 748 single persons, 9 persons married, 33 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 79 males aged under 5, 189 males aged 5 to 16, 50 males aged 16 to 21, 139 males aged 21 to 45, 52 males aged 45 to 60, 39 males over 60, 63 females aged 0 to 5, 138 females aged 5 to 16, 51 females aged 16 to 21, 159 females aged 21-45, 51 females aged 45-60, 34 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 697 persons originating in Scotland, 33 persons originating in all other places, 14 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1,683 persons originating in England, 126 persons originating in the British Provinces, 17 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 17 members of the Church of England, 185 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 289 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 349 Roman Catholics, 26 Methodists, 130 Baptists, 24 Bible Christians, 24 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 854 churches — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 54,190 bushels of potatoes, 33,933 bushels of oats, 4,784 bushels of peas, 4,519 horses, 2,268 bushels of turnips, 1,658 bushels of wheat, 1,287 bushels of barley, 767 swine, 719 bushels of buckwheat, 269 sheep, 116 pounds of homemade butter, 99 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 11 bushels of other root crops, 10 tons of hay, 5 bushels of corn, 1 pounds of tobacco, 0 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 13,432 acres of farmland owned, 950 acres of farmland rented, 1,105 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 6 persons holding farmland of first quality, 145 persons holding farmland of second quality, 3 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,229 acres of farmland in arable land, 9 bushels of clover seed, 66 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£16 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 16 bushels of vetches, 6 pounds of flax, 409 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 2,275 farming mills, 7,250 hay mowing machines, 4 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 2,116 threshing machines, 10 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 177 yards of fulled cloth, 5 tanneries, 4 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 10 stamping machines, 10 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 152 yards of not-fulled cloth, 5 breweries and distilleries, 2 fulling and dressing mills, 8 shingle and lath mills, 2 steam engines, 5 lime kilns — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,800 fishing establishments — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259929
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_52,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_52_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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 52, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-52-pe003013-1871/.