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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259882

Township No. 20, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 20 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,245. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259882. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.453°N, 63.549°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 20 had a population of 1,245.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,245
18811,419
18911,325

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. 20 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 1,245 total population, 347 married persons, 201 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 3 blind persons, 753 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 898 single persons, 3 insane persons, 7 persons married, 36 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 102 males aged under 5, 196 males aged 5 to 16, 55 males aged 16 to 21, 170 males aged 21 to 45, 57 males aged 45 to 60, 48 males over 60, 85 females aged 0 to 5, 152 females aged 5 to 16, 78 females aged 16 to 21, 201 females aged 21-45, 61 females aged 45-60, 40 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 67 persons originating in Scotland, 22 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 25 persons originating in England, 35 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,091 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 347 members of the Church of England, 569 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 193 Roman Catholics, 134 Methodists, 4 Baptists, 1 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 57,009 bushels of potatoes, 54,386 bushels of oats, 15,201 pounds of homemade butter, 8,042 bushels of turnips, 6,936 bushels of wheat, 3,942 bushels of barley, 2,805 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,745 sheep, 1,490 tons of hay, 873 bushels of buckwheat, 794 swine, 471 horses, 25.50 bushels of other root crops, 14.50 bushels of beans, 14 bushels of corn, 10 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 8,772 acres of farmland owned, 6,750 acres of farmland rented, 12 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 8 persons holding farmland of first quality, 131 persons holding farmland of second quality, 41 persons holding farmland of third quality, 7,857 acres of farmland in arable land, 31 bushels of clover seed, 280.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£79 s2 d0 value apples and other fruits, 109.50 pounds of flax, 1,267 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 81 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 37 farming mills, 18 hay mowing machines, 46 mud-digging machines, 6 other machines, 26 threshing machines, 979 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,103 yards of fulled cloth, 4 grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 saw mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 215 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 511 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 9,088 yards of not-fulled cloth, 125 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 lime kilns, 15 barrels of lime, 7 carriages and sleighs, 12,192 yards of cloth, 1 cloth factories, 4 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 170 barrels of herring or alewives, 53 gallons of fish oil, 26 barrels of mackerel, 6 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 74 quintals of codfish or hake, 2 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 22 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. 20, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-20-pe002001-1871/.