Township 52, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township 52 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,429. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.244°N, 62.673°W.

Population

In 1891, Township 52 had a population of 1,429: 744 male and 685 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 52 shared boundaries with:

• Township 40
• Township 51
• Township 59
• Township No. 39
• Township No. 53

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,429 total population, 744 males, 685 females, 446 married persons, 265 families, 223 married females, 223 married males, 67 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 916 single persons under 18, 493 single males under 18, 423 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,426 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 264 houses, 264 houses built of wood, 264 occupied houses, 224 houses of 1 story, 138 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 142,529 bushels of potatoes, 39,207 bushels of oats, 22,588 bushels of turnips, 20,703 pounds of homemade butter, 19,437 acres of land in farms, 10,352 acres of improved land in farms, 9,085 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,552 bushels of spring wheat, 8,401 acres of farmland under crops, 7,978 chickens, 6,261 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,804 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,302 sheep, 2,256 acres of hay crops, 1,925 tons of hay, 1,891 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,882 acres of oats, 1,029 bushels of barley, 827 acres of potatoes, 700 milk cows, 668 other cattle, 621 sheep slaughtered or sold, 608 swine, 601 acres of wheat, 384 swine slaughtered or sold, 358 horses aged over 3 years, 307 bushels of buckwheat, 285 cattle killed or sold, 246 occupants of farms, 236 farm occupants who own their land, 207 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 145 geese, 132 ducks, 118 horses aged 3 years and under, 110 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 67 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 60 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 bushels of peas, 54 acres of turnips, 52 acres of barley, 43 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 bushels of beans, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 oxen, 20 bushels of corn, 12 bushels of rye, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE134013 — 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 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 52, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-52-pe134013-1891/.