Township No. 2, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 2 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,890. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259897. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.903°N, 64.109°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 2 had a population of 1,890: 932 male and 958 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,343 |
| 1881 | 1,890 |
| 1891 | 2,282 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 2 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,890 total population, 958 females, 932 males, 609 married persons, 315 families, 305 married males, 304 married females, 61 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,220 single persons under 18, 616 single females under 18, 604 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 305 occupied houses, 303 inhabited houses, 21 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 93,142 bushels of potatoes, 38,936 bushels of oats, 9,574 bushels of spring wheat, 7,638 bushels of turnips, 1,236 bushels of barley, 860 tons of hay, 842 acres of hay crops, 795 acres of wheat, 722 acres of potatoes, 416 bushels of buckwheat, 196 bushels of corn, 113 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 52 bushels of peas and beans, 33 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,664 barrels of mackerel, 1,213 fathoms of fishing nets, 703 barrels of herring or alewives, 350 quintals of cod, 308 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 201 men on fishing boats, 64 fishing boats, 26 gallons of fish oil, 23 shoremen, 6 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 84,880 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,890 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:
PE001002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259897
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_2,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_2
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. 2, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-2-pe001002-1881/.