Township 54, Prince Edward Island (1901 census)

Township 54 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 828. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259932. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.281°N, 62.551°W.

Population

In 1901, Township 54 had a population of 828: 451 male and 377 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Township 54 shared boundaries with:

• Township 40
• Township 41
• Township 55
• Township No. 53

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 828 total population, 451 males, 377 females, 311 single males, 216 single females, 163 families, 128 married males, 126 married females, 35 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 157 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 19,558 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE132015 — 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-54-pe132015-1901/.