Township No. 13, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 13 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,379. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259869. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.561°N, 63.969°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 13 had a population of 1,379: 709 male and 670 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,103 |
| 1881 | 1,379 |
| 1891 | 1,379 |
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. 13 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,379 total population, 709 males, 670 females, 385 married persons, 214 families, 194 married females, 191 married males, 38 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 956 single persons under 18, 503 single males under 18, 453 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 213 occupied houses, 210 inhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 59,314 bushels of potatoes, 43,374 bushels of oats, 8,082 bushels of spring wheat, 6,019 bushels of turnips, 2,114 bushels of barley, 1,841 tons of hay, 1,519 acres of hay crops, 1,249 bushels of buckwheat, 547 acres of wheat, 370 acres of potatoes, 177 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 127 bushels of other root crops, 112 bushels of peas and beans, 37 bushels of rye, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 348 fathoms of fishing nets, 189 barrels of mackerel, 134 barrels of herring or alewives, 54 quintals of cod, 24 men on fishing boats, 17 gallons of fish oil, 13 barrels of eels, 12 fishing boats, 4 barrels of other fish, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 117 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,379 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:
PE001013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259869
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_13,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_13_(%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. 13, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-13-pe001013-1881/.