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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259877

Township No. 18, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 18 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,150. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259877. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.502°N, 63.663°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 18 had a population of 1,150.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,150
18811,826
18911,794

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 18 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 97 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,150 total population, 307 married persons, 175 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 deaf and dumb persons, 547 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 843 single persons, 1 persons married, 12 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 114 males aged under 5, 149 males aged 5 to 16, 63 males aged 16 to 21, 165 males aged 21 to 45, 60 males aged 45 to 60, 35 males over 60, 96 females aged 0 to 5, 154 females aged 5 to 16, 66 females aged 16 to 21, 170 females aged 21-45, 49 females aged 45-60, 29 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 23 persons originating in Ireland, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 7 Indigenous males, 3 Indigenous females, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 10 persons originating in England, 18 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,078 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 143 members of the Church of England, 533 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 20 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 381 Roman Catholics, 22 Methodists, 32 Baptists, 11 Bible Christians, 8 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 45,347 bushels of oats, 43,790 bushels of potatoes, 18,066 pounds of homemade butter, 6,970 bushels of turnips, 6,104 bushels of barley, 5,423 bushels of wheat, 3,710 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,342 sheep, 1,488 tons of hay, 767 swine, 603 bushels of buckwheat, 408 horses, 2.50 bushels of peas, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 8 threshing machines, 1,040 cattle, 9,652 acres of farmland owned, 4,813 acres of farmland rented, 162 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 64 persons holding farmland of first quality, 84 persons holding farmland of second quality, 9 persons holding farmland of third quality, 7,926 acres of farmland in arable land, 29.50 bushels of clover seed, 243.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£3 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 76 pounds of flax, 1,561 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 123 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 26 farming mills, 21 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 9 hay elevators, 47 mud-digging machines, 19 other machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,710 yards of fulled cloth, 4 grist mills, 3 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 188 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 424 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 6,800 yards of not-fulled cloth, 70 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 3 shingle and lath mills, 2 lime kilns, 500 barrels of lime, 7 carriages and sleighs, 9,351 yards of cloth, 4 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs, 8 stamping machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 236 barrels of herring or alewives, 152 gallons of fish oil, 6 fishing boats, 3 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 244 quintals of codfish or hake, 9 men employed in fishing, £21 s0 d0 pounds of preserved shell and other fish produced during the past year — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 3 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. 18, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-18-pe001017-1871/.