Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 20, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 20 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,419. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.453°N, 63.549°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 20 had a population of 1,419: 713 male and 706 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,245 |
| 1881 | 1,419 |
| 1891 | 1,325 |
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. 20 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 225 |
| Number of families | 225 |
| Number of females | 706 |
| Number of males | 713 |
| Number of married females | 218 |
| Number of married males | 219 |
| Number of married persons | 437 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 49 |
| POP TOT | 1,419 |
| Total population | 1,419 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 453 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 480 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 933 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 221 |
| Number of occupied houses | 221 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 19 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,144 |
| Acres of potatoes | 605 |
| Acres of wheat | 914 |
| BAR BU | 1,710 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,710 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 472 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 480 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 73,878 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 312 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 70 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 99,975 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 14,602 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 23,905 |
| BWT BU | 472 |
| HAY AC | 2,144 |
| HAY TONS | 2,849 |
| OAT BU | 73,878 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 70 |
| POT AC | 605 |
| POT BU | 99,975 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,849 |
| WHT AC | 914 |
| WHT SP BU | 14,602 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 38 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 58 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,000 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 279 |
| Number of fishing boats | 28 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 52 |
| Number of shoremen | 3 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 165 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 6 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 58 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 52 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 28 |
| C UNMD F | 453 |
| C UNMD M | 480 |
| C UNMD TOT | 933 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 165 |
| D OCC | 221 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 706 |
| GRA BU | 480 |
| GSP XB Q | 38 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 221 |
| H UNINH | 19 |
| HAD DX K | 6 |
| MALE | 713 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,000 |
| MD F | 218 |
| MD M | 219 |
| MD TOT | 437 |
| NET XX F | 279 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 312 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 23,905 |
| WID F | 35 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 49 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 20, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-20-pe002002-1881/.