Township No. 16, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 16 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,101. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259874. 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 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,101 total population, 559 males, 542 females, 348 married persons, 175 married males, 174 families, 173 married females, 17 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 736 single persons under 18, 378 single males under 18, 358 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 174 inhabited houses, 174 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,365 bushels of potatoes, 45,079 bushels of oats, 7,699 bushels of turnips, 6,327 bushels of spring wheat, 1,968 bushels of buckwheat, 1,702 bushels of barley, 1,569 tons of hay, 1,291 acres of hay crops, 505 acres of wheat, 378 acres of potatoes, 236 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 109 bushels of other root crops, 89 bushels of corn, 61 bushels of peas and beans, 11 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 61 barrels of mackerel, 54 barrels of herring or alewives, 44 men on fishing boats, 42 quintals of cod, 22 fishing boats, 15 fathoms of fishing nets, 7 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2,785 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,101 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:
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: Q3259874
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_16,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_16_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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/.