Township No. 12, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Name: Township No. 12 (1891)
Address: Prince Edward Island, CA

Township No. 12 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 963. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259868. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.618°N, 63.941°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 12 had a population of 963: 507 male and 456 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Township No. 12 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 963 total population, 507 males, 456 females, 303 married persons, 158 families, 152 married females, 151 married males, 24 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 636 single persons under 18, 345 single males under 18, 291 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 910 persons who are not French Canadian, 53 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 158 houses, 158 houses built of wood, 158 occupied houses, 157 houses of 1 story, 53 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 45 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,037 bushels of potatoes, 11,066 acres of land in farms, 10,070 bushels of oats, 9,684 pounds of homemade butter, 5,589 acres of improved land in farms, 5,477 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,130 bushels of turnips, 3,764 acres of farmland under crops, 3,518 chickens, 2,979 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,756 bushels of spring wheat, 1,803 acres of farmland in pasture, 964 sheep, 872 bushels of barley, 845 acres of oats, 679 acres of hay crops, 642 geese, 554 tons of hay, 523 bushels of buckwheat, 346 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 332 other cattle, 321 acres of wheat, 317 sheep slaughtered or sold, 276 milk cows, 271 swine, 236 ducks, 195 acres of potatoes, 184 swine slaughtered or sold, 166 cattle killed or sold, 160 horses aged over 3 years, 140 occupants of farms, 138 farm occupants who own their land, 84 horses aged 3 years and under, 78 acres of barley, 56 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 53 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 bushels of beans, 31 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 19 acres of turnips, 18 bushels of peas, 15 turkeys, 10 other fowl, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of corn, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: PE135013 — 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 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. 12, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-12-pe135013-1891/.