Township No. 18, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 18 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,826. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259877. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.508°N, 63.669°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 18 had a population of 1,826: 916 male and 910 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,150 |
| 1881 | 1,826 |
| 1891 | 1,794 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Princetown and Royalty, 1871 (17.9% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Township No. 18, 1871 (82.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 18 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,826 total population, 916 males, 910 females, 490 married persons, 297 families, 246 married females, 244 married males, 66 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,270 single persons under 18, 647 single males under 18, 623 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 290 inhabited houses, 290 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 107,255 bushels of potatoes, 88,242 bushels of oats, 35,783 bushels of turnips, 16,190 bushels of spring wheat, 4,991 bushels of barley, 3,591 tons of hay, 2,855 acres of hay crops, 1,027 acres of wheat, 750 bushels of buckwheat, 673 acres of potatoes, 595 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 331 bushels of other root crops, 109 bushels of peas and beans, 14 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,058 barrels of mackerel, 710 fathoms of fishing nets, 463 quintals of cod, 393 barrels of herring or alewives, 43 men on fishing boats, 29 fishing boats, 8 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 17,550 pounds of lobster canned, 509 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,826 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:
PE001019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259877
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_18,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_18
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. 18, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-18-pe001019-1881/.