Township No. 11, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 11 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.691°N, 64.003°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 11 had a population of 625: 336 male and 289 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 11 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 625 total population, 336 males, 289 females, 181 married persons, 100 families, 91 married males, 90 married females, 22 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 422 single persons under 18, 235 single males under 18, 187 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 100 inhabited houses, 100 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 33,014 bushels of potatoes, 14,511 bushels of oats, 3,786 bushels of spring wheat, 3,786 bushels of turnips, 738 tons of hay, 736 acres of hay crops, 667 bushels of barley, 539 bushels of buckwheat, 367 acres of wheat, 250 acres of potatoes, 229 bushels of other root crops, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 bushels of peas and beans, 7 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 685 fathoms of fishing nets, 420 barrels of mackerel, 275 barrels of herring or alewives, 88 quintals of cod, 39 men on fishing boats, 30 gallons of fish oil, 19 fishing boats, 13 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 8 barrels of eels, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 368 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 626 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-11-pe001011-1881/.