Township No. 17, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 17 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,647. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259876. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.425°N, 63.861°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 17 had a population of 1,647: 811 male and 836 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,644 |
| 1881 | 1,647 |
| 1891 | 1,694 |
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. 17 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,647 total population, 836 females, 811 males, 517 married persons, 264 families, 260 married females, 257 married males, 40 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,090 single persons under 18, 554 single females under 18, 536 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 264 inhabited houses, 264 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 106,085 bushels of potatoes, 57,971 bushels of oats, 29,599 bushels of turnips, 11,625 bushels of spring wheat, 2,900 tons of hay, 2,758 bushels of buckwheat, 2,225 acres of hay crops, 1,431 bushels of barley, 836 acres of wheat, 615 acres of potatoes, 432 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 426 bushels of other root crops, 209 bushels of corn, 53 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 144 barrels of herring or alewives, 116 men on fishing boats, 102 barrels of mackerel, 80 barrels of other fish, 74 fishing boats, 21 quintals of cod, 1 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4,683 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Howatt | 1810–1895 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,647 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:
PE001018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259876
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_17,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_17_(%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. 17, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-17-pe001018-1881/.