Township No. 12, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 12 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 843. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259868. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.618°N, 63.941°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 12 had a population of 843: 449 male and 394 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 560 |
| 1881 | 843 |
| 1891 | 963 |
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. 12 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 843 total population, 449 males, 394 females, 272 married persons, 144 families, 137 married females, 135 married males, 22 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 549 single persons under 18, 308 single males under 18, 241 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 143 inhabited houses, 143 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 22,908 bushels of potatoes, 14,158 bushels of oats, 3,357 bushels of spring wheat, 1,943 bushels of turnips, 793 bushels of barley, 585 tons of hay, 583 acres of hay crops, 548 bushels of buckwheat, 279 acres of wheat, 173 acres of potatoes, 99 bushels of other root crops, 37 bushels of peas and beans, 34 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 415 fathoms of fishing nets, 262 barrels of mackerel, 244 barrels of herring or alewives, 121 quintals of cod, 32 gallons of fish oil, 22 men on fishing boats, 20 barrels of eels, 16 fishing boats, 11 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 3 fishing vessels, 3 men on fishing vessels, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 988 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 843 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:
PE001012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259868
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_12,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_12_(%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. 12, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-12-pe001012-1881/.