Township 55, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 55 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,404. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q944582. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.283°N, 62.481°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 55 had a population of 1,404.
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).
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 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 55 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,404 total population, 335 married persons, 205 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 482 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,069 single persons, 7 insane persons, 6 persons married, 48 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 130 males aged under 5, 218 males aged 5 to 16, 84 males aged 16 to 21, 185 males aged 21 to 45, 67 males aged 45 to 60, 38 males over 60, 103 females aged 0 to 5, 193 females aged 5 to 16, 89 females aged 16 to 21, 207 females aged 21-45, 53 females aged 45-60, 37 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 845 persons originating in Scotland, 68 persons originating in all other places, 23 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2,332 persons originating in England, 80 persons originating in the British Provinces, 7 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, 393 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 70 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 724 Roman Catholics, 72 Methodists, 88 Baptists, 25 Bible Christians, 6 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1,217 churches, 9 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 56,445 bushels of potatoes, 55,339 horses, 43,639 bushels of oats, 2,657 bushels of barley, 1,955 bushels of wheat, 1,428 bushels of turnips, 985 swine, 731 bushels of buckwheat, 698 bushels of peas, 349 sheep, 62.50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17 tons of hay, 13 bushels of other root crops, 8 pounds of homemade butter, 5 bushels of winter wheat, 2 bushels of corn, 1 pounds of tobacco, 0 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 20,130 acres of farmland owned, 177 acres of farmland rented, 166 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 350 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 56 persons holding farmland of first quality, 126 persons holding farmland of second quality, 16 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,717 acres of farmland in arable land, 129 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£22 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 28 bushels of vetches, 16 pounds of flax, 743 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 1,543 farming mills, 10,280 hay mowing machines, 5 hay-making machines, 12 mud-digging machines, 1 other machines, 2,601 threshing machines, 20 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 235 yards of fulled cloth, 7 tanneries, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 11 stamping machines, 12 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 1 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 224 yards of not-fulled cloth, 4 breweries and distilleries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 4 shingle and lath mills, 6 lime kilns, 3 brick kilns, 362 bricks, 27 cloth factories, 9,420 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 159 fishing boats, 90 gallons of fish oil, 6 barrels of herring or alewives. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 100 fishing establishments, 82 quintals of codfish or hake, 30 men employed in fishing, 68 fishing barrels, 16 cooper's shops — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 20 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
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 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis John McDonald | 1815–1900 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003016— 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 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 55, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-55-pe003016-1871/.