Township No. 1, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 1 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,950. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.970°N, 64.070°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 1 had a population of 2,950: 1,460 male and 1,490 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Township No. 1 shared boundaries with:

• Township No. 2

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,950 total population, 1,490 females, 1,460 males, 909 married persons, 456 married males, 453 married females, 447 families, 75 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,966 single persons under 18, 985 single males under 18, 981 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,622 French Canadians, 1,328 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 447 houses, 447 occupied houses, 444 houses built of wood, 400 houses of 1 story, 143 houses of 4 rooms, 128 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 46 houses of 2 stories, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 151,804 bushels of potatoes, 61,636 bushels of oats, 41,118 pounds of homemade butter, 25,638 acres of land in farms, 21,453 bushels of turnips, 19,370 bushels of spring wheat, 17,528 acres of improved land in farms, 13,731 acres of farmland under crops, 10,654 chickens, 8,670 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,110 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,824 acres of oats, 3,765 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,615 bushels of barley, 2,967 sheep, 2,185 acres of hay crops, 2,034 bushels of buckwheat, 1,631 tons of hay, 1,508 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,502 acres of wheat, 1,457 swine, 1,152 acres of potatoes, 1,133 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,048 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,004 milk cows, 898 other cattle, 745 geese, 619 cattle killed or sold, 618 horses aged over 3 years, 387 occupants of farms, 369 farm occupants who own their land, 279 bushels of corn, 247 acres of barley, 235 horses aged 3 years and under, 138 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 132 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 100 ducks, 84 bushels of beans, 84 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 63 acres of turnips, 57 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 49 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 other fowl, 34 turkeys, 33 bushels of peas, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE135002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE135002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3259881
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_1,_Prince_Edward_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_1

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-1-pe135002-1891/.