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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259874

Township No. 16, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 16 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 934. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259874. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.470°N, 63.925°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 16 had a population of 934.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871934
18811,101
18911,333

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 16 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 91 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 934 total population, 287 married persons, 151 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 619 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 647 single persons, 1 insane persons, 14 persons married, 30 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 78 males aged under 5, 146 males aged 5 to 16, 58 males aged 16 to 21, 128 males aged 21 to 45, 43 males aged 45 to 60, 29 males over 60, 77 females aged 0 to 5, 129 females aged 5 to 16, 58 females aged 16 to 21, 128 females aged 21-45, 30 females aged 45-60, 30 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 26 persons originating in Scotland, 15 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 13 persons originating in England, 13 persons originating in the British Provinces, 864 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 71 members of the Church of England, 248 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 75 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 450 Roman Catholics, 50 Methodists, 39 Baptists, 1 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 34,085 bushels of potatoes, 33,720 bushels of oats, 10,360 pounds of homemade butter, 2,974 bushels of barley, 2,645 bushels of turnips, 2,254 bushels of wheat, 1,703 bushels of buckwheat, 1,700 sheep, 1,111 tons of hay, 556 swine, 525 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 303 horses, 172 bushels of winter wheat, 27 bushels of peas, 24 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,384 acres of farmland owned, 9,057 acres of farmland rented, 516 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 15 persons holding farmland of first quality, 66 persons holding farmland of second quality, 66 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,749 acres of farmland in arable land, 35 bushels of clover seed, 131 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£6 s13 d0 value apples and other fruits, 276 pounds of flax, 449 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 32 farming mills, 12 hay mowing machines, 11 hay-making machines, 4 hay elevators, 33 mud-digging machines, 2 other machines, 29 threshing machines, 833 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,115 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 183 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 359 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,606 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 shingle and lath mills, 1 steam engines, 1 lime kilns, 2 carriages and sleighs, 5,817 yards of cloth, 2 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 152 barrels of herring or alewives, 16 gallons of fish oil, 8 barrels of mackerel, 4 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 22 quintals of codfish or hake — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 7 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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. 16, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-16-pe001016-1871/.