Township 53, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 53 was a census subdivision in King's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,225. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.264°N, 62.616°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 53 had a population of 1,225: 629 male and 596 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Township 53 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 201 |
| Number of families | 201 |
| Number of females | 596 |
| Number of males | 629 |
| Number of married females | 167 |
| Number of married males | 168 |
| Number of married persons | 335 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 52 |
| POP TOT | 1,225 |
| Total population | 1,225 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 395 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 443 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 838 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 197 |
| Number of occupied houses | 197 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,270 |
| Acres of potatoes | 628 |
| Acres of wheat | 511 |
| BAR BU | 824 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 824 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 492 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 163 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 34,310 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 539 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 71 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 102,884 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,329 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 9,012 |
| BWT BU | 492 |
| HAY AC | 1,270 |
| HAY TONS | 1,524 |
| OAT BU | 34,310 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 71 |
| POT AC | 628 |
| POT BU | 102,884 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,524 |
| WHT AC | 511 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,329 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 122 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 279 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 16 |
| Number of fishing boats | 14 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 24 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 49 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 8 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 12 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 24 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 14 |
| C UNMD F | 395 |
| C UNMD M | 443 |
| C UNMD TOT | 838 |
| CD NAME | King's |
| COD DX K | 49 |
| D OCC | 197 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 596 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 16 |
| GRA BU | 163 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 197 |
| H UNINH | 17 |
| HAD DX K | 8 |
| MALE | 629 |
| MCK XB Q | 122 |
| MD F | 167 |
| MD M | 168 |
| MD TOT | 335 |
| NET XX F | 279 |
| NUMBER CD | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 539 |
| SAR XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 9,012 |
| WID F | 34 |
| WID M | 18 |
| WID TOT | 52 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: Q3259931
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 53, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-53-pe003014-1881/.