Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township No. 16, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 16 was a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,101. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.470°N, 63.925°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 16 had a population of 1,101: 559 male and 542 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 934 |
| 1881 | 1,101 |
| 1891 | 1,333 |
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. 16 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 174 |
| Number of families | 174 |
| Number of females | 542 |
| Number of males | 559 |
| Number of married females | 173 |
| Number of married males | 175 |
| Number of married persons | 348 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 17 |
| POP TOT | 1,101 |
| Total population | 1,101 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 358 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 378 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 736 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 174 |
| Number of occupied houses | 174 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,291 |
| Acres of potatoes | 378 |
| Acres of wheat | 505 |
| BAR BU | 1,702 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,702 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,968 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 236 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 89 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 45,079 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 109 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 61 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 50,365 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 6,327 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 7,699 |
| BWT BU | 1,968 |
| CRN BU | 89 |
| HAY AC | 1,291 |
| HAY TONS | 1,569 |
| OAT BU | 45,079 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 61 |
| POT AC | 378 |
| POT BU | 50,365 |
| RYE BU | 11 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,569 |
| WHT AC | 505 |
| WHT SP BU | 6,327 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 54 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 61 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 2,785 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 15 |
| Number of fishing boats | 22 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 44 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 42 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 54 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 44 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 22 |
| C UNMD F | 358 |
| C UNMD M | 378 |
| C UNMD TOT | 736 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 42 |
| D OCC | 174 |
| FEMALE | 542 |
| GRA BU | 236 |
| GSP XB Q | 7 |
| H INHAB | 174 |
| MALE | 559 |
| MCK XB Q | 61 |
| MD F | 173 |
| MD M | 175 |
| MD TOT | 348 |
| NET XX F | 15 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 109 |
| OYS XB Q | 2,785 |
| TUR BU | 7,699 |
| WID F | 11 |
| WID M | 6 |
| WID TOT | 17 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 16, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-16-pe001016-1881/.