Township 66, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township 66 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 375. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.207°N, 62.756°W.
Population
In 1871, Township 66 had a population of 375.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 375 |
| 1881 | 399 |
| 1891 | 345 |
| 1901 | 328 |
| 1911 | 178 |
| 1921 | 246 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township 66 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 375 total population, 84 married persons, 60 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 158 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 291 single persons, 3 insane persons, 2 persons married, 12 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 27 males aged under 5, 59 males aged 5 to 16, 16 males aged 16 to 21, 33 males aged 21 to 45, 23 males aged 45 to 60, 16 males over 60, 21 females aged 0 to 5, 65 females aged 5 to 16, 26 females aged 16 to 21, 58 females aged 21-45, 15 females aged 45-60, 16 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 55 persons originating in Ireland, 32 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in England, 3 persons originating in the British Provinces, 283 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 81 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 16 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 242 Roman Catholics, 35 Baptists, 1 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 19,931 bushels of oats, 17,031 bushels of potatoes, 4,692 pounds of homemade butter, 976 bushels of turnips, 865 bushels of wheat, 809 sheep, 318 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 311 swine, 277 bushels of barley, 250 tons of hay, 208 bushels of buckwheat, 118 horses, 5.50 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of other root crops, 1 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded $£5 s5 d0 value apples and other fruits, 292 pounds of flax, 2 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 3 farming mills, 9 hay mowing machines, 8 hay-making machines, 1 mud-digging machines, 7 other machines, 1 threshing machines, 368 cattle, 5,707 acres of farmland owned, 159 acres of farmland rented, 9 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 15 persons holding farmland of first quality, 32 persons holding farmland of second quality, 15 persons holding farmland of third quality, 2,988 acres of farmland in arable land, 2.25 bushels of clover seed, 161 bushels of timothy grass seed — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,047 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 81 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 131 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 2,208 yards of not-fulled cloth, 22 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 shingle and lath mills, 9 carriages and sleighs, 3,255 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 2 gallons of fish oil, 1.25 barrels of mackerel, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 quintals of codfish or hake — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003021— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-66-pe003021-1871/.