Township 55, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 55 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,470. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q944582. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.283°N, 62.481°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 55 had a population of 1,470: 748 male and 722 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,404 |
| 1881 | 1,470 |
| 1891 | 1,337 |
| 1901 | 1,190 |
| 1911 | 1,001 |
| 1921 | 887 |
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 55 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,470 total population, 748 males, 722 females, 374 married persons, 225 families, 187 married females, 187 married males, 55 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,041 single persons under 18, 547 single males under 18, 494 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 224 inhabited houses, 224 occupied houses, 12 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 102,098 bushels of potatoes, 36,547 bushels of oats, 8,405 bushels of turnips, 7,262 bushels of spring wheat, 2,088 bushels of barley, 2,087 tons of hay, 1,683 acres of hay crops, 700 bushels of buckwheat, 690 acres of potatoes, 606 acres of wheat, 176 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 143 bushels of other root crops, 42 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 861 fathoms of fishing nets, 514 barrels of mackerel, 307 barrels of herring or alewives, 177 quintals of cod, 80 men on fishing boats, 63 fishing boats, 45 gallons of fish oil, 20 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 10 barrels of eels, 4 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis John McDonald | 1815–1900 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,470 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q944582
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_55,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_55_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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 55, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-55-pe003012-1881/.