Township No. 15, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 15 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,908. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.441°N, 64.066°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 15 had a population of 1,908: 985 male and 923 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 15 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,908 total population, 985 males, 923 females, 610 married persons, 305 married females, 305 married males, 268 families, 60 widowed persons, 31 widowed males, 29 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,238 single persons under 18, 649 single males under 18, 589 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 268 inhabited houses, 268 occupied houses, 19 houses under construction, 15 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 79,576 bushels of potatoes, 33,408 bushels of oats, 9,544 bushels of spring wheat, 7,559 bushels of turnips, 3,058 bushels of buckwheat, 2,691 bushels of barley, 1,101 tons of hay, 1,046 acres of hay crops, 893 bushels of corn, 732 acres of wheat, 562 acres of potatoes, 220 bushels of other root crops, 134 bushels of peas and beans, 133 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,819 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,761 barrels of mackerel, 1,588 barrels of herring or alewives, 211 men on fishing boats, 88 fishing boats, 61 quintals of cod, 10 barrels of eels, 4 shoremen, 2 men on fishing vessels, 1 barrels of other fish, 1 fishing vessels, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 140,000 pounds of lobster canned, 1,196 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,909 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:
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 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. 15, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-15-pe001015-1881/.