Township 56, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 56 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 941. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259934. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 62.425°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 56 had a population of 941: 465 male and 476 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 856 |
| 1881 | 941 |
| 1891 | 988 |
| 1901 | 895 |
| 1911 | 749 |
| 1921 | 667 |
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 56 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 941 total population, 476 females, 465 males, 267 married persons, 151 families, 135 married females, 132 married males, 34 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 640 single persons under 18, 325 single males under 18, 315 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 151 inhabited houses, 151 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 70,183 bushels of potatoes, 30,000 bushels of oats, 8,169 bushels of turnips, 4,443 bushels of spring wheat, 1,436 tons of hay, 1,130 bushels of barley, 988 acres of hay crops, 398 acres of potatoes, 352 acres of wheat, 238 bushels of other root crops, 168 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 154 bushels of buckwheat, 27 bushels of peas and beans, 8 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 721 barrels of mackerel, 495 fathoms of fishing nets, 86 barrels of herring or alewives, 58 men on fishing boats, 34 fishing boats, 33 quintals of cod, 14 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 9 gallons of fish oil, 3 barrels of eels, 3 barrels of trout, 3 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 140,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 941 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:
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 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 56, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-56-pe003011-1881/.