Township 54, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 54 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 845. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259932. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.281°N, 62.551°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 54 had a population of 845.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 845 |
| 1881 | 915 |
| 1891 | 1,028 |
| 1901 | 828 |
| 1911 | 762 |
| 1921 | 735 |
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 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 54 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 845 total population, 226 married persons, 130 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 blind persons, 393 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 619 single persons, 1 persons married, 25 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 62 males aged under 5, 151 males aged 5 to 16, 41 males aged 16 to 21, 110 males aged 21 to 45, 47 males aged 45 to 60, 25 males over 60, 68 females aged 0 to 5, 106 females aged 5 to 16, 55 females aged 16 to 21, 117 females aged 21-45, 46 females aged 45-60, 17 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 356 persons originating in Scotland, 29 persons originating in all other places, 6 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1,123 persons originating in England, 75 persons originating in the British Provinces, 9 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 26 members of the Church of England, 38 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 103 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 624 Roman Catholics, 28 Methodists, 17 Baptists, 1 Bible Christians, 8 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 726 churches — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 29,850 bushels of potatoes, 17,321 bushels of oats, 2,894 horses, 1,612 bushels of barley, 850 bushels of turnips, 546 bushels of wheat, 421 swine, 339 bushels of buckwheat, 234 bushels of peas, 151 sheep, 31 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19 bushels of winter wheat, 15 tons of hay, 2 bushels of other root crops, 0 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 11,224 acres of farmland owned, 44 acres of farmland rented, 50 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 25 persons holding farmland of first quality, 77 persons holding farmland of second quality, 40 persons holding farmland of third quality, 2,158 acres of farmland in arable land, 51 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£10 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 37 bushels of vetches, 114 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 474 farming mills, 4,491 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 2 mud-digging machines, 977 threshing machines, 2 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 76 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 1 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 31 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2 shingle and lath mills, 1 lime kilns — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259932
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_54,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_54_(%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 54, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-54-pe003015-1871/.