Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: King's
Township 59, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township 59 was a census subdivision in King's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,782. 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 density was 55.2 people per square mile.
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 1881
In the 1881 census, Township 59 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 319 |
| Number of families | 319 |
| Number of females | 865 |
| Number of males | 917 |
| Number of married females | 263 |
| Number of married males | 262 |
| Number of married persons | 525 |
| Number of widowed females | 55 |
| Number of widowed males | 27 |
| Number of widowed persons | 82 |
| POP TOT | 1,782 |
| Total population | 1,782 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 547 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 628 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,175 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 318 |
| Number of occupied houses | 319 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,957 |
| Acres of potatoes | 783 |
| Acres of wheat | 744 |
| BAR BU | 351 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 351 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 615 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 126 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 48,465 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 487 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 32 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 116,587 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 10,628 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 12,448 |
| BWT BU | 615 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 1,957 |
| HAY TONS | 1,940 |
| OAT BU | 48,465 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 32 |
| POT AC | 783 |
| POT BU | 116,587 |
| RYE BU | 10 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,940 |
| WHT AC | 744 |
| WHT SP BU | 10,628 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 13 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 29 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 170 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 302 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 65 |
| Number of fishing boats | 15 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 28 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 5 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 145 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 150 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 29 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 28 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 15 |
| C UNMD F | 547 |
| C UNMD M | 628 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,175 |
| CD NAME | King's |
| COD DX K | 145 |
| D OCC | 319 |
| FEMALE | 865 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 65 |
| GRA BU | 126 |
| GSP XB Q | 13 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 318 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 150 |
| MALE | 917 |
| MCK XB Q | 170 |
| MD F | 263 |
| MD M | 262 |
| MD TOT | 525 |
| NET XX F | 302 |
| NUMBER CD | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 487 |
| TUR BU | 12,448 |
| VESS | 1 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 5 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 55 |
| WID M | 27 |
| WID TOT | 82 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE001017 — 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 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/.