Township 65, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)
Township 65 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,370. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259951. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.170°N, 63.238°W.
Population
In 1911, Township 65 had a population of 1,370: 736 male and 634 female residents. Population density was 54.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,632 |
| 1911 | 1,370 |
| 1921 | 1,135 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Township 65 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 16,160 area in acres, 1,370 total population, 736 males in the population, 634 females in the population, 509 single (never-married) males, 389 single (never-married) females, 258 families, 208 married males, 203 married females, 54.26 population per square mile, 40 widowed females, 25.25 area in square miles, 19 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given. 1,632 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,047 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 177 persons of British origin (Irish), 117 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of German origin. 24 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 943 Presbyterians, 244 Roman Catholics, 144 Baptists, 25 Anglicans (Church of England), 14 Methodists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 258 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE141022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE003022— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259951
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_65,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_65_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-65-pe141022-1911/.