Township No. 1, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 1 was a township in Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,561. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.970°N, 64.070°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 1 had a population of 2,561.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,561 |
| 1881 | 2,787 |
| 1891 | 2,950 |
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 (1.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 1 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 177 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 10 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of births in the past year | 19 |
| Number of deaf and dumb persons | 3 |
| Number of families | 386 |
| Number of insane persons | 9 |
| Number of married persons | 786 |
| Number of persons married in the past year | 3 |
| Number of persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated | 2,561 |
| Number of single persons | 1,775 |
| POP TOT | 2,561 |
| Total population | 2,561 |
Age structure (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of females aged 0 to 5 | 254 |
| Number of females aged 16 to 21 | 169 |
| Number of females aged 21-45 | 364 |
| Number of females aged 45-60 | 90 |
| Number of females aged 5 to 16 | 343 |
| Number of females over 60 | 52 |
| Number of males aged 16 to 21 | 152 |
| Number of males aged 21 to 45 | 355 |
| Number of males aged 45 to 60 | 127 |
| Number of males aged 5 to 16 | 364 |
| Number of males aged under 5 | 232 |
| Number of males over 60 | 59 |
Ethnic origin (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons originating in all other places | 1 |
| Number of persons originating in England | 19 |
| Number of persons originating in Ireland | 78 |
| Number of persons originating in Prince Edward Island | 2,278 |
| Number of persons originating in Scotland | 14 |
| Number of persons originating in the British Provinces | 171 |
Religion (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of Baptists | 18 |
| Number of members of other denominations | 2 |
| Number of members of the Church of England | 40 |
| Number of members of the Kirk of Scotland | 28 |
| Number of members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces | 75 |
| Number of Methodists | 22 |
| Number of Roman Catholics | 2,376 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of churches | 2 |
| Number or schoolhouses | 8 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure | 20 |
| Acres of farmland in arable land | 19,162 |
| Acres of farmland owned | 21,339 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,492 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 508 |
| Bushels of clover seed produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 177 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 55,642 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 118,720 |
| Bushels of timothy grass seed produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,177 |
| Bushels of wheat produced in the past year | 10,396 |
| Number of cattle | 1,647 |
| Number of farming mills | 18 |
| Number of hay mowing machines | 6 |
| Number of hay-making machines | 1 |
| Number of horses | 663 |
| Number of mud-digging machines | 1 |
| Number of persons holding farmland of first quality | 191 |
| Number of persons holding farmland of second quality | 71 |
| Number of persons holding farmland of third quality | 28 |
| Number of sheep | 3,823 |
| Number of swine | 1,596 |
| Number of threshing machines | 17 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 150 |
| Pounds of flax produced in the past year | 531 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 21,825 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 670 |
| Value of apples and other fruits produced in the past year | £14 s0 d0 |
Manufacturing & industry (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of carding and fulling mills | 2 |
| Number of carts, trucks, and truck-wagons | 404 |
| Number of fulling and dressing mills | 2 |
| Number of grist mills | 2 |
| Number of riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds | 690 |
| Number of saw mills | 4 |
| Number of shingle and lath mills | 2 |
| Number of tanneries | 1 |
| Pounds of leather produced in tanneries in the past year | 2,500 |
| Yards of not-fulled cloth produced in the past year | 19,726 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 2,136 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2,885 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,896 |
| Number of cooper's shops | 1 |
| Number of fishing barrels produced in the past year | 1,000 |
| Number of fishing boats | 186 |
| Number of fishing establishments | 50 |
| Number of men employed in fishing | 231 |
| Pounds of hake sounds cured in the past year | 2,390 |
| Quintals of codfish or hake produced in the past year | 2,295 |
| Value of salmon produced in the past year | £150 s0 d0 |
Deaths & mortality (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total number of deaths in the past year | 11 |
Other recorded variables (89 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Apples and other Fruit Value | 0 14 0 |
| Baptists | 18 |
| Births during the past year | 19 |
| COUNTY | Prince |
| Deaf and Dumb | 3 |
| Deaths during the past year | 11 |
| Females From 16 to 21 | 169 |
| Females From 21 to 45 | 364 |
| Females From 45 to 60 | 90 |
| Females From 5 to 16 | 343 |
| Females Under 5 Years | 254 |
| Females Upwards of 60 | 52 |
| Gallons of Fish Oil made during the past year | 1,896 |
| Kirk of Scotland | 28 |
| Males From 16 to 21 | 152 |
| Males From 21 to 45 | 355 |
| Males From 45 to 60 | 127 |
| Males From 5 to 16 | 364 |
| Males Under 5 Years | 232 |
| Males Upwards of 60 | 59 |
| Married during the past year | 3 |
| Members of the Church of England | 40 |
| Methodists | 22 |
| NAME COUNTY | Prince County |
| Native of British Provines | 171 |
| Native of England | 19 |
| Native of Ireland | 78 |
| Native of Other Countries | 1 |
| Native of PE Island | 2,278 |
| Native of Scotland | 14 |
| No acres of arable land | 19,162 |
| No not vaccinated nor had Small Pox | 2,561 |
| No of acres held in fee simple | 21,339 |
| No of Barrels of Herring or Alewives | 2,136 |
| No of barrels of Mackerel cured during the past year | 2,885 |
| No of boats onward for fishing purposes | 186 |
| No of bushel Potatoes | 118,720 |
| No of bushels of barley | 1,492 |
| No of bushels of Buck wheat | 508 |
| No of bushels of clover seed | 8 |
| No of bushels of Indian Corn | 177 |
| No of bushels of oats | 55,642 |
| No of bushels of Timothey Seed | 13 |
| No of Bushels of Turnips | 2,177 |
| No of bushels of Wheat | 10,396 |
| No of Carding Mills | 2 |
| No of Coppers Shops | 1 |
| No of Families | 386 |
| No of Fish barrels manufactured during the past year | 1,000 |
| No of Fulling and dressing Mills | 2 |
| No of Grist Mills | 2 |
| No of Insane | 9 |
| No of Married Persons | 786 |
| No of men engaged in Fishing | 231 |
| No of persons holding land of First Quality | 191 |
| No of persons holding land of Second Quality | 71 |
| No of persons holding land of Third Quality | 28 |
| No of Saw Mills | 4 |
| No of Shingle and Lath Mills | 2 |
| No of Single Persons | 1,775 |
| No of tons Hay | 670 |
| Number of acres covered with Shell Manure | 20 |
| Number of Bushels of Flax | 531 |
| Number of Carts Trucks and Truck wagons | 404 |
| Number of Churches | 2 |
| Number of Farming Mills | 18 |
| Number of Fishing Establishments | 50 |
| Number of Hay making Machines | 1 |
| Number of Hogs | 1,596 |
| Number of Horses | 663 |
| Number of Mowing Machine | 6 |
| Number of Mud Diggers | 1 |
| Number of Neat Cattle | 1,647 |
| Number of Riding Wagons and Carriages Wood Sleds and Jaunting Sleighs | 690 |
| Number of Schoolhouses | 8 |
| Number of Sheep | 3,823 |
| Number of Tanterries | 1 |
| Number of Threshing Machines | 17 |
| Number of Yards of Cloth manufactured during the past year no fulled | 19,726 |
| Other Denominations | 2 |
| Pounds of 1 cather manufactured during the past year | 2,500 |
| Pounds of Butter | 21,825 |
| Pounds of Cheese manufactured during the past year | 150 |
| Pounds of Hake Sounds cured during the past year | 2,390 |
| Presbyterian Church of Lower Provinces | 75 |
| Quintals of Codfish or Hake | 2,295 |
| Roman Catholics | 2,376 |
| Salmon Value | £150 |
| Total number including servants and apprentices | 2,561 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135002— 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 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 No. 1, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-1-pe001001-1871/.