Township No. 17, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 17 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,694. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259876. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.425°N, 63.861°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 17 had a population of 1,694: 843 male and 851 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Township No. 17 shared boundaries with:

• Summerside, T-V
• Township No. 15
• Township No. 16
• Township No. 19

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,694 total population, 851 females, 843 males, 524 married persons, 268 families, 262 married females, 262 married males, 56 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,114 single persons under 18, 558 single males under 18, 556 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 982 persons who are not French Canadian, 712 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 265 houses, 265 houses built of wood, 265 occupied houses, 251 houses of 1 story, 154 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 32 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses of 2 stories, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 112,455 bushels of potatoes, 39,815 bushels of turnips, 37,498 bushels of oats, 28,713 pounds of homemade butter, 18,543 acres of land in farms, 10,759 acres of improved land in farms, 8,153 bushels of spring wheat, 7,895 chickens, 7,784 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,812 acres of farmland under crops, 4,643 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,818 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,293 bushels of barley, 2,886 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,798 acres of hay crops, 2,387 bushels of buckwheat, 2,369 acres of oats, 2,325 tons of hay, 1,581 sheep, 1,498 geese, 1,227 sheep slaughtered or sold, 723 acres of wheat, 690 acres of potatoes, 607 milk cows, 596 swine slaughtered or sold, 444 swine, 423 other cattle, 400 cattle killed or sold, 393 horses aged over 3 years, 337 bushels of beans, 262 occupants of farms, 244 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 230 farm occupants who own their land, 227 ducks, 212 bushels of corn, 209 horses aged 3 years and under, 188 acres of barley, 159 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 129 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 122 turkeys, 96 bushels of peas, 96 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 78 acres of turnips, 64 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 47 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 farm occupants who rent their land, Capacity of silos (tons): 26, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE135018 — 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-17-pe135018-1891/.