Township 56, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township 56 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 856. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259934. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 62.425°W.

Population

In 1871, Township 56 had a population of 856.

Population trajectory across census years

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 (1.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township 56 shared boundaries with:

• Township 42
• Township 43
• Township 55

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 856 total population, 274 married persons, 140 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 175 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 582 single persons, 1 persons married, 18 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 64 males aged under 5, 134 males aged 5 to 16, 45 males aged 16 to 21, 130 males aged 21 to 45, 43 males aged 45 to 60, 25 males over 60, 57 females aged 0 to 5, 107 females aged 5 to 16, 41 females aged 16 to 21, 143 females aged 21-45, 37 females aged 45-60, 30 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 22 persons originating in Ireland, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 12 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 13 persons originating in England, 29 persons originating in the British Provinces, 761 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 70 members of the Church of England, 275 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 457 Roman Catholics, 9 Methodists, 35 Baptists, 9 Bible Christians — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 2 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 38,313 bushels of potatoes, 27,261 bushels of oats, 9,668 pounds of homemade butter, 4,142 bushels of turnips, 3,578 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,757 bushels of barley, 1,418 sheep, 1,359 bushels of wheat, 683 swine, 656 tons of hay, 238 horses, 98 bushels of buckwheat, 24 bushels of beans, 20 bushels of other root crops, 15 bushels of peas, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 bushels of clover seed, 107 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£36 s12 d0 value apples and other fruits, 1 bushels of vetches, 298 pounds of flax, 4 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 20 farming mills, 14 hay mowing machines, 11 hay-making machines, 2 mud-digging machines, 1 other machines, 16 threshing machines, 800 cattle, 3,246 acres of farmland owned, 1,699 acres of farmland rented, 7,499 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 20 persons holding farmland of first quality, 58 persons holding farmland of second quality, 57 persons holding farmland of third quality, 3,942 acres of farmland in arable land — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,433 yards of fulled cloth, 2 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 123 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 332 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,365 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2 fulling and dressing mills, 4 steam engines, 1 lime kilns, 100 barrels of lime, 3 carriages and sleighs, 2 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 685 barrels of mackerel, 70 gallons of fish oil, 27 barrels of herring or alewives, 27 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 216 quintals of codfish or hake, 30 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE003011 — 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 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 56, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-56-pe003011-1871/.