Township 59, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 59 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,782. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259939. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.138°N, 62.633°W.
Population
In 1881, Township 59 had a population of 1,782: 917 male and 865 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,604 |
| 1881 | 1,782 |
| 1891 | 1,786 |
| 1901 | 1,604 |
| 1911 | 1,334 |
| 1921 | 824 |
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 59 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 1,782 total population, 917 males, 865 females, 525 married persons, 319 families, 263 married females, 262 married males, 82 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,175 single persons under 18, 628 single males under 18, 547 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 319 occupied houses, 318 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 116,587 bushels of potatoes, 48,465 bushels of oats, 12,448 bushels of turnips, 10,628 bushels of spring wheat, 1,957 acres of hay crops, 1,940 tons of hay, 783 acres of potatoes, 744 acres of wheat, 615 bushels of buckwheat, 487 bushels of other root crops, 351 bushels of barley, 126 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 32 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 302 fathoms of fishing nets, 170 barrels of mackerel, 150 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 145 quintals of cod, 65 gallons of fish oil, 29 barrels of herring or alewives, 28 men on fishing boats, 15 fishing boats, 13 barrels of gaspareaux, 5 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Wightman | 1806–1887 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,782 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:
PE003018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001017_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259939
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_59,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_59_(%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 59, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-59-pe003018-1881/.