Township 66, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)

Township 66 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 399. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.207°N, 62.756°W.

Population

In 1881, Township 66 had a population of 399: 179 male and 220 female residents.

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 66 shared boundaries with:

• Township 38
• Township 51
• Township 59
• Township No. 49
• Township No. 50
• Township No. 57

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 399 total population, 220 females, 179 males, 94 married persons, 62 families, 48 married females, 46 married males, 17 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 288 single persons under 18, 161 single females under 18, 127 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 60 inhabited houses, 60 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 37,250 bushels of potatoes, 20,957 bushels of oats, 5,316 bushels of turnips, 2,186 bushels of spring wheat, 747 tons of hay, 731 acres of hay crops, 237 acres of potatoes, 191 acres of wheat, 130 bushels of buckwheat, 111 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 107 bushels of barley, 44 bushels of other root crops, 19 bushels of peas and beans, 5 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 399 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: PE003017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE001021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259952
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_66,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_66_(%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 66, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-66-pe003017-1881/.