Township No. 15, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 15 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,550. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.441°N, 64.066°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 15 had a population of 1,550.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,550 |
| 1881 | 1,908 |
| 1891 | 2,062 |
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 (1.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 15 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,550 total population, 520 married persons, 244 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 1,547 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,030 single persons, 10 insane persons, 4 persons married, 86 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 154 males aged under 5, 204 males aged 5 to 16, 78 males aged 16 to 21, 214 males aged 21 to 45, 84 males aged 45 to 60, 49 males over 60, 146 females aged 0 to 5, 205 females aged 5 to 16, 96 females aged 16 to 21, 212 females aged 21-45, 77 females aged 45-60, 31 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 10 Indigenous males, 7 Indigenous females, 4 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 7 persons originating in England, 51 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,486 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 24 members of the Church of England, 74 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1,357 Roman Catholics, 75 Methodists, 17 Baptists, 3 Bible Christians — 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 51,480 bushels of potatoes, 30,615 bushels of oats, 6,078 pounds of homemade butter, 5,015 bushels of wheat, 2,531 bushels of barley, 2,267 bushels of turnips, 2,135 sheep, 1,877 bushels of buckwheat, 1,495 bushels of corn, 865 swine, 765 tons of hay, 403 horses, 48 bushels of peas, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 16,280 acres of farmland owned, 405 acres of farmland rented, 891 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 20 persons holding farmland of first quality, 98 persons holding farmland of second quality, 99 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,245 acres of farmland in arable land, 45 bushels of clover seed, 60.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£3 s17 d0 value apples and other fruits, 1,710 pounds of flax, 13 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 13 farming mills, 6 hay mowing machines, 7 mud-digging machines, 7 other machines, 16 threshing machines, 858 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,918 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 231 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 396 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 2,220 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1,000 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 steam engines, 10 barrels of lime, 2 brick kilns, 3,700 bricks, 5,733 yards of cloth, 1 cloth factories — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 1,405 barrels of herring or alewives, 186 barrels of mackerel, 110 gallons of fish oil, 36 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 fishing establishments, 126 quintals of codfish or hake, 10 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 34 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259873
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_15,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_15
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. 15, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-15-pe001015-1871/.