Township No. 10, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 10 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 376. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259865. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.639°N, 64.088°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 10 had a population of 376.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 376 |
| 1881 | 381 |
| 1891 | 440 |
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 (1.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 10 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 376 total population, 63 married persons, 42 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 313 single persons, 1 insane persons, 1 persons married, 7 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 47 females aged 21-45, 13 females aged 45-60, 6 females over 60, 17 males aged under 5, 31 males aged 5 to 16, 35 males aged 16 to 21, 89 males aged 21 to 45, 14 males aged 45 to 60, 7 males over 60, 30 females aged 0 to 5, 59 females aged 5 to 16, 28 females aged 16 to 21 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 5 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 9 persons originating in England, 13 persons originating in the British Provinces, 347 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 19 members of the Church of England, 79 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 104 Roman Catholics, 63 Methodists, 47 Bible Christians, 63 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 2 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 8,705 bushels of potatoes, 3,646 bushels of oats, 2,660 pounds of homemade butter, 715 bushels of wheat, 340 bushels of turnips, 337 sheep, 229 bushels of barley, 228 bushels of buckwheat, 132 tons of hay, 116 swine, 66 horses, 11 bushels of peas, 7 bushels of other root crops, 2 bushels of beans, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 523 acres of farmland owned, 3,126.50 acres of farmland rented, 40 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 1 persons holding farmland of first quality, 25 persons holding farmland of second quality, 13 persons holding farmland of third quality, 1,598 acres of farmland in arable land, 8.50 bushels of clover seed, 6.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, 76 pounds of flax, 77 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 5 farming mills, 1 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 6 mud-digging machines, 5 threshing machines, 212 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 367 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 36 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 67 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 1,328 yards of not-fulled cloth, 20 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 2 shingle and lath mills, 6 carriages and sleighs, 1,679 yards of cloth, 1 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 170 barrels of herring or alewives, 5 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 quintals of codfish or hake, 2 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259865
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_10,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_10_(%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 No. 10, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-10-pe001010-1871/.