Township 56, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Township 56 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 667. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259934. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 62.425°W.

Population

In 1921, Township 56 had a population of 667: 374 male and 293 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 1921

In the 1921 census, Township 56 shared boundaries with:

• Township 42
• Township 43
• Township 55

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 667 total population, 374 males in the population, 367 males born in Canada, 293 females in the population, 287 females born in Canada, 7 males born outside the British Empire, 4 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 2 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 271 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 219 persons of British origin (English), 106 persons of British origin (Irish), 44 persons of French origin, 24 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 306 Roman Catholics, 280 Presbyterians, 79 Baptists, 2 Methodists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE001016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE001016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259934
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_56,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_56_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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 56, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-56-pe001016-1921/.