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 administrative centroid was at approximately 46.283°N, 62.481°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 55 had a population of 1,404. Population density was 38.7 people per square mile.
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 203 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 10 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of births in the past year | 48 |
| Number of blind persons | 1 |
| Number of deaf and dumb persons | 4 |
| Number of families | 205 |
| Number of insane persons | 7 |
| Number of married persons | 335 |
| Number of persons married in the past year | 6 |
| Number of persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated | 482 |
| Number of single persons | 1,069 |
| POP TOT | 1,404 |
| Total population | 1,404 |
Age structure (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females aged 0 to 5 | 103 |
| Number of females aged 16 to 21 | 89 |
| Number of females aged 21-45 | 207 |
| Number of females aged 45-60 | 53 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 16 | 193 |
| Number of females over 60 | 37 |
| Number of males aged 16 to 21 | 84 |
| Number of males aged 21 to 45 | 185 |
| Number of males aged 45 to 60 | 67 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 16 | 218 |
| Number of males aged under 5 | 130 |
| Number of males over 60 | 38 |
Ethnic origin (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 68 |
| Number of persons originating in England | 2,332 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 23 |
| Number of persons originating in Prince Edward Island | 7 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 845 |
| Number of persons originating in the British Provinces | 80 |
Religion (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of Baptists | 88 |
| Number of Bible Christians | 25 |
| Number of members of other denominations | 6 |
| Number of members of the Church of England | 26 |
| Number of members of the Kirk of Scotland | 70 |
| Number of members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces | 393 |
| Number of Methodists | 72 |
| Number of Roman Catholics | 724 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of churches | 1,217 |
| Number or schoolhouses | 9 |
Agriculture (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure | 743 |
| Acres of farmland held by verbal agreement | 166 |
| Acres of farmland in arable land | 5,717 |
| Acres of farmland neither owned nor rented | 350 |
| Acres of farmland owned | 20,130 |
| Acres of farmland rented | 177 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,657 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 0 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 731 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 43,639 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 698 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 56,445 |
| Bushels of timothy grass seed produced in the past year | 129 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,428 |
| Bushels of vetches produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 1,955 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 5 |
| Number of cattle | 20 |
| Number of farming mills | 1,543 |
| Number of hay mowing machines | 10,280 |
| Number of hay-making machines | 5 |
| Number of horses | 55,339 |
| Number of mud-digging machines | 12 |
| Number of other machines | 1 |
| Number of persons holding farmland of first quality | 56 |
| Number of persons holding farmland of second quality | 126 |
| Number of persons holding farmland of third quality | 16 |
| Number of sheep | 349 |
| Number of swine | 985 |
| Number of threshing machines | 2,601 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 62.50 |
| Pounds of flax produced in the past year | 16 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 8 |
| Pounds of tobacco produced in the past year | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 17 |
| Value of apples and other fruits produced in the past year | £22 s0 d0 |
Manufacturing & industry (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of breweries and distilleries | 4 |
| Number of brick kilns | 3 |
| Number of bricks produced in the past year | 362 |
| Number of carts, trucks, and truck-wagons | 12 |
| Number of cloth factories | 27 |
| Number of fulling and dressing mills | 1 |
| Number of lime kilns | 6 |
| Number of riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds | 1 |
| Number of saw mills | 1 |
| Number of sewing machines | 9,420 |
| Number of shingle and lath mills | 4 |
| Number of stamping machines | 11 |
| Number of tanneries | 7 |
| Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year | 235 |
| Yards of not-fulled cloth produced in the past year | 224 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 6 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 90 |
| Number of cooper's shops | 16 |
| Number of fishing barrels produced in the past year | 68 |
| Number of fishing boats | 159 |
| Number of fishing establishments | 100 |
| Number of men employed in fishing | 30 |
| Quintals of codfish or hake produced in the past year | 82 |
Deaths & mortality (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 20 |
Other recorded variables (102 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Apples and other Fruit Value | 22 17 0 |
| Baptists | 88 |
| Barrels of Limes manufactured during the past years | 362 |
| Bible Christians | 25 |
| Births during the past year | 48 |
| Blind | 1 |
| COUNTY | King's |
| Deaf and Dumb | 4 |
| Deaths during the past year | 20 |
| Females From 16 to 21 | 89 |
| Females From 21 to 45 | 207 |
| Females From 45 to 60 | 53 |
| Females From 5 to 16 | 193 |
| Females Under 5 Years | 103 |
| Females Upwards of 60 | 37 |
| Gallons of Fish Oil made during the past year | 68 |
| Kirk of Scotland | 70 |
| Males From 16 to 21 | 84 |
| Males From 21 to 45 | 185 |
| Males From 45 to 60 | 67 |
| Males From 5 to 16 | 218 |
| Males Under 5 Years | 130 |
| Males Upwards of 60 | 38 |
| Married during the past year | 6 |
| Members of the Church of England | 26 |
| Methodists | 72 |
| NAME COUNTY | King's County |
| Native of British Provines | 68 |
| Native of England | 23 |
| Native of Ireland | 7 |
| Native of Other Countries | 9 |
| Native of PE Island | 1,217 |
| Native of Scotland | 80 |
| No acres held by lease or agreement | 177 |
| No acres of arable land | 5,717 |
| No not vaccinated nor had Small Pox | 482 |
| No of acres held as occupants being neither freeholders nor leaseholders | 350 |
| No of acres held by verbal agreement | 166 |
| No of acres held in fee simple | 20,130 |
| No of Barrels of Herring or Alewives | 159 |
| No of barrels of Mackerel cured during the past year | 82 |
| No of boats onward for fishing purposes | 30 |
| No of bushel Potatoes | 56,445 |
| No of bushels of barley | 2,657 |
| No of bushels of Buck wheat | 731 |
| No of bushels of Indian Corn | 2 |
| No of bushels of oats | 43,639 |
| No of bushels of Timothey Seed | 129 |
| No of Bushels of Turnips | 1,428 |
| No of bushels of Wheat | 1,955 |
| No of bushels of winter wheat | 5 |
| No of Bushels other Roots | 13 |
| No of Carding Mills | 1 |
| No of Carriages and Sleighs manufactued during the past year | 27 |
| No of Families | 205 |
| No of Grist Mills | 1 |
| No of Insane | 7 |
| No of Lime Manufactured | 3 |
| No of Married Persons | 335 |
| No of men engaged in Fishing | 16 |
| No of persons holding land of First Quality | 56 |
| No of persons holding land of Second Quality | 126 |
| No of persons holding land of Third Quality | 16 |
| No of Pianos Melodeons and Organs | 2 |
| No of Saw Mills | 4 |
| No of Sewing Machines | 3 |
| No of Shingle and Lath Mills | 6 |
| No of Single Persons | 1,069 |
| No of tons Hay | 698 |
| Number of acres covered with Lime | 8 |
| Number of acres covered with Shell Manure | 62.50 |
| Number of Bushels of Beans | 28 |
| Number of Bushels of Flax | 743 |
| Number of Bushels of Peas | 16 |
| Number of Carts Trucks and Truck wagons | 235 |
| Number of Churches | 4 |
| Number of Farming Mills | 11 |
| Number of Fishing Establishments | 6 |
| Number of Hay Elevators | 1 |
| Number of Hay making Machines | 12 |
| Number of Hogs | 845 |
| Number of Horses | 349 |
| Number of Mowing Machine | 5 |
| Number of Mud Diggers | 12 |
| Number of Neat Cattle | 985 |
| Number of other useful machines | 1 |
| Number of Riding Wagons and Carriages Wood Sleds and Jaunting Sleighs | 224 |
| Number of Schoolhouses | 7 |
| Number of Sheep | 2,332 |
| Number of Tanterries | 1 |
| Number of Threshing Machines | 20 |
| Number of Yards of Cloth manufactured during the Past year Fulled | 2,601 |
| Number of Yards of Cloth manufactured during the past year no fulled | 55,339 |
| Other Denominations | 6 |
| Pounds of 1 cather manufactured during the past year | 100 |
| Pounds of Butter | 10,280 |
| Pounds of Cheese manufactured during the past year | 1,543 |
| Presbyterian Church of Lower Provinces | 393 |
| Quintals of Codfish or Hake | 90 |
| Roman Catholics | 724 |
| Total number including servants and apprentices | 1,404 |
| Yards of Cloth manufactued during the past year | 9,420 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.