Township No. 19, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 19 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,753. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.431°N, 63.669°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 19 had a population of 1,753: 885 male and 868 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Township No. 19 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,753 total population, 885 males, 868 females, 525 married persons, 295 families, 263 married females, 262 married males, 59 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,169 single persons under 18, 606 single males under 18, 563 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,740 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 295 houses, 295 houses built of wood, 295 occupied houses, 289 houses of 1 story, 196 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 139,790 bushels of potatoes, 73,328 bushels of oats, 40,525 bushels of turnips, 35,630 pounds of homemade butter, 18,828 acres of land in farms, 14,270 acres of improved land in farms, 11,775 bushels of spring wheat, 11,670 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,576 acres of farmland under crops, 9,692 chickens, 4,558 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,677 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,247 acres of oats, 3,047 bushels of barley, 2,716 acres of hay crops, 2,580 tons of hay, 2,527 sheep, 1,653 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,516 geese, 1,440 bushels of buckwheat, 912 other cattle, 864 milk cows, 849 acres of potatoes, 768 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 736 acres of wheat, 624 swine slaughtered or sold, 546 horses aged over 3 years, 535 swine, 378 cattle killed or sold, 251 horses aged 3 years and under, 227 occupants of farms, 223 farm occupants who own their land, 128 acres of barley, 108 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 104 ducks, 102 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 84 acres of turnips, 75 turkeys, 51 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 bushels of beans, 10 bushels of corn, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 other fowl, 2 oxen. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Laird | 1830–1896 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE135020— 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 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. 19, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-19-pe135020-1891/.