Township No. 14, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 14 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,252. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259872. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.511°N, 63.972°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 14 had a population of 1,252.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,252 |
| 1881 | 1,433 |
| 1891 | 1,502 |
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 (1.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 14 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,252 total population, 355 married persons, 188 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 1,128 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 897 single persons, 1 insane persons, 8 persons married, 49 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 113 males aged under 5, 217 males aged 5 to 16, 69 males aged 16 to 21, 138 males aged 21 to 45, 65 males aged 45 to 60, 35 males over 60, 104 females aged 0 to 5, 192 females aged 5 to 16, 65 females aged 16 to 21, 178 females aged 21-45, 56 females aged 45-60, 20 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 15 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 5 Indigenous males, 3 Indigenous females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 10 persons originating in England, 28 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,185 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 32 members of the Church of England, 139 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1,046 Roman Catholics, 16 Methodists, 11 Bible Christians, 8 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 41,354 bushels of potatoes, 31,301 bushels of oats, 10,550 pounds of homemade butter, 2,016 bushels of barley, 1,922 bushels of wheat, 1,789 sheep, 1,782 bushels of buckwheat, 1,721 bushels of turnips, 757 swine, 672 tons of hay, 664 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 340 horses, 34 bushels of corn, 24.25 bushels of peas, 21 bushels of other root crops, 18.50 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 13,526 acres of farmland owned, 25 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 71 persons holding farmland of first quality, 89 persons holding farmland of second quality, 14 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,735 acres of farmland in arable land, 20.50 bushels of clover seed, 66 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£43 s5 d0 value apples and other fruits, 742 pounds of flax, 272 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 29 farming mills, 2 hay mowing machines, 3 hay-making machines, 23 mud-digging machines, 4 other machines, 13 threshing machines, 890 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,555 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 165 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 387 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,954 yards of not-fulled cloth, 203 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 shingle and lath mills, 8,509 yards of cloth, 4 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 553 barrels of herring or alewives, 17 gallons of fish oil, 11.50 barrels of mackerel, 8 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 19 quintals of codfish or hake — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259872
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_14,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_14_(%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. 14, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-14-pe001014-1871/.