Township No. 11, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 11 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 570. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.691°N, 64.003°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 11 had a population of 570.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 570 |
| 1881 | 625 |
| 1891 | 700 |
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 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 11 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 570 total population, 177 married persons, 88 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 294 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 393 single persons, 19 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 59 males aged under 5, 86 males aged 5 to 16, 36 males aged 16 to 21, 74 males aged 21 to 45, 25 males aged 45 to 60, 18 males over 60, 43 females aged 0 to 5, 87 females aged 5 to 16, 36 females aged 16 to 21, 69 females aged 21-45, 22 females aged 45-60, 15 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 52 persons originating in Ireland, 4 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 9 persons originating in England, 2 persons originating in the British Provinces, 503 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 91 members of the Church of England, 122 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 6 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 329 Roman Catholics, 4 Methodists, 3 Baptists, 15 Bible Christians — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 3 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 18,661 bushels of potatoes, 12,648 bushels of oats, 6,539 pounds of homemade butter, 2,781 bushels of wheat, 1,182 bushels of turnips, 943 sheep, 837 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 511 bushels of barley, 419 bushels of buckwheat, 404 tons of hay, 237 horses, 236 swine, 14.50 bushels of other root crops, 6 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of peas, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 10,520 acres of farmland owned, 266 acres of farmland rented, 49 persons holding farmland of first quality, 24 persons holding farmland of second quality, 7 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,109 acres of farmland in arable land, 5 bushels of clover seed, 98 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£33 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 400 pounds of flax, 167 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 161 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 2 farming mills, 1 hay mowing machines, 16 mud-digging machines, 3 threshing machines, 582 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,153 yards of fulled cloth, 1 grist mills, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 103 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 122 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,560 yards of not-fulled cloth, 22 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 shingle and lath mills, 4,767 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 246 barrels of herring or alewives, 80 gallons of fish oil, 10 barrels of mackerel, 5 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 199 quintals of codfish or hake, 7 men employed in fishing, 152 fishing barrels, 1 cooper's shops — 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:
PE001011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259867
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_11,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_11_(%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. 11, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-11-pe001011-1871/.