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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259897

Township No. 2, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 2 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,343. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259897. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.903°N, 64.109°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 2 had a population of 1,343.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,343
18811,890
18912,282

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 2 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 1,343 total population, 449 married persons, 211 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 974 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 894 single persons, 5 insane persons, 8 persons married, 40 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 148 males aged under 5, 206 males aged 5 to 16, 64 males aged 16 to 21, 197 males aged 21 to 45, 46 males aged 45 to 60, 29 males over 60, 121 females aged 0 to 5, 188 females aged 5 to 16, 82 females aged 16 to 21, 194 females aged 21-45, 43 females aged 45-60, 25 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 40 persons originating in Ireland, 10 Indigenous females, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 3 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 persons originating in England, 18 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,270 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 91 members of the Church of England, 84 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 7 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 1,110 Roman Catholics, 26 Methodists, 24 Bible Christians, 1 Universalists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

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

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 46,419 bushels of potatoes, 23,738 bushels of oats, 7,687 pounds of homemade butter, 5,224 bushels of wheat, 2,102 bushels of turnips, 1,670 sheep, 737 swine, 714 bushels of buckwheat, 630 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 579 bushels of barley, 330 tons of hay, 324 horses, 134 bushels of corn, 21.50 bushels of peas, 9.25 bushels of beans, 3 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 130 acres of farmland owned, 10,610 acres of farmland rented, 367 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 27 persons holding farmland of first quality, 150 persons holding farmland of second quality, 12 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,088 acres of farmland in arable land, 4.50 bushels of clover seed, 54 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£5 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 569 pounds of flax, 60.50 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 13 farming mills, 2 hay mowing machines, 3 hay-making machines, 11 mud-digging machines, 6 other machines, 9 threshing machines, 720 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,735 yards of fulled cloth, 2 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 195 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 330 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 6,022 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 shingle and lath mills, 1 brick kilns, 90,000 bricks, 42 carriages and sleighs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 1,084 barrels of mackerel, 635 barrels of herring or alewives, 457 gallons of fish oil, 57 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 8 fishing establishments, 722 quintals of codfish or hake, 149 men employed in fishing, 1,000 fishing barrels, 250 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 21 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. 2, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-2-pe001002-1871/.