Township No. 19, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 19 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,371. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.431°N, 63.669°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 19 had a population of 1,371.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,371 |
| 1881 | 1,608 |
| 1891 | 1,753 |
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 was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 19 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 95 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,371 total population, 391 married persons, 216 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 674 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 980 single persons, 4 insane persons, 12 persons married, 41 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 112 males aged under 5, 189 males aged 5 to 16, 81 males aged 16 to 21, 196 males aged 21 to 45, 57 males aged 45 to 60, 52 males over 60, 115 females aged 0 to 5, 180 females aged 5 to 16, 97 females aged 16 to 21, 198 females aged 21-45, 55 females aged 45-60, 39 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 50 persons originating in Scotland, 41 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 62 persons originating in England, 28 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,185 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 165 members of the Church of England, 356 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 51 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 503 Roman Catholics, 202 Methodists, 67 Baptists, 11 Bible Christians, 9 Universalists, 7 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 63,380 bushels of potatoes, 61,040 bushels of oats, 22,425 pounds of homemade butter, 7,170 bushels of turnips, 4,470 bushels of wheat, 3,419 bushels of barley, 2,891 sheep, 2,135 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,801 tons of hay, 810 swine, 545 horses, 11 bushels of peas, 10 bushels of other root crops, 8 bushels of beans, 1.50 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,740 acres of farmland owned, 13,050 acres of farmland rented, 320 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 8 persons holding farmland of first quality, 127 persons holding farmland of second quality, 25 persons holding farmland of third quality, 9,908 acres of farmland in arable land, 36 bushels of clover seed, 275 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£29 s4 d0 value apples and other fruits, 137 pounds of flax, 1,353 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 478 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 80 farming mills, 27 hay mowing machines, 9 hay-making machines, 2 hay elevators, 60 mud-digging machines, 2 other machines, 47 threshing machines, 1,302 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,095 yards of fulled cloth, 3 carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills, 1 saw mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 317 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 600 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 6,985 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 breweries and distilleries, 125 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 113 carriages and sleighs, 9,889 yards of cloth, 3 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 105 barrels of herring or alewives, 8 gallons of fish oil, 8 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 15 quintals of codfish or hake, 4 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
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 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Laird | 1830–1896 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259879
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_19,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_19
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. 19, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-19-pe001019-1871/.