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Year: 1881  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  County: Queen's  |  Wikidata: Q3259951

Township 65, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)

Township 65 was a census subdivision in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,865. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259951. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.170°N, 63.238°W.

Population

In 1881, Township 65 had a population of 1,865: 990 male and 875 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,746
18811,865
18911,721
19011,632
19111,370
19211,135

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 65 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (12 variables)
VariableValue
FAM NO292
Number of families292
Number of females875
Number of males990
Number of married females246
Number of married males247
Number of married persons493
Number of widowed females63
Number of widowed males34
Number of widowed persons97
POP TOT1,865
Total population1,865
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18566
Number of single males under 18709
Number of single persons under 181,275
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties3
Number of houses under construction7
Number of inhabited houses289
Number of occupied houses292
Number of uninhabited houses14
Agriculture (25 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of hay crops3,109
Acres of potatoes1,285
Acres of wheat1,080
BAR BU1,690
Bushels of barley produced in the past year1,690
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year2,448
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year220
Bushels of oats produced in the past year83,431
Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year410
Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year34
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year197,785
Bushels of rye produced in the past year60
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year14,749
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year34,521
BWT BU2,448
HAY AC3,109
HAY TONS4,096
OAT BU83,431
PEA AND BEN BU34
POT AC1,285
POT BU197,785
RYE BU60
Tons of hay produced in the past year4,096
WHT AC1,080
WHT SP BU14,749
Fisheries (7 variables)
VariableValue
Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year98
Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year109
Barrels of oysters produced in the past year205
Fathoms of fishing nets1,358
Number of fishing boats21
Number of men on fishing boats34
Pounds of lobster canned in the past year100,000
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
VariableValue
BBL HERR OR ALE98
BOAT MEN Q34
BOATS FOR FISH21
C UNMD F566
C UNMD M709
C UNMD TOT1,275
CD NAMEQueen's
D OCC292
FEMALE875
GRA BU220
H CON7
H INHAB289
H UNINH14
LOB XC P100,000
MALE990
MCK XB Q109
MD F246
MD M247
MD TOT493
NET XX F1,358
NUMBER CD2
OTHR ROOT BU410
OYS XB Q205
SHAN3
TUR BU34,521
WID F63
WID M34
WID TOT97

Identifiers

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 65, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-65-pe002023-1881/.