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Township No. 2, Prince Edward Island (1871–1891)
Township No. 2 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in 3 censuses between 1871 and 1891. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q3259897, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from NO DATA in 1871
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,343 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 1,890 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 2,282 | View 1891 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135003— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - 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 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.