Township No. 20, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 20 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,419. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259882. 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 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,419 total population, 713 males, 706 females, 437 married persons, 225 families, 219 married males, 218 married females, 49 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 933 single persons under 18, 480 single males under 18, 453 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 221 inhabited houses, 221 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 99,975 bushels of potatoes, 73,878 bushels of oats, 23,905 bushels of turnips, 14,602 bushels of spring wheat, 2,849 tons of hay, 2,144 acres of hay crops, 1,710 bushels of barley, 914 acres of wheat, 605 acres of potatoes, 480 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 472 bushels of buckwheat, 312 bushels of other root crops, 70 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,000 barrels of mackerel, 279 fathoms of fishing nets, 165 quintals of cod, 58 barrels of herring or alewives, 52 men on fishing boats, 38 barrels of gaspareaux, 28 fishing boats, 6 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 5 quintals of fascines fish, 3 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine Hughes | 1876–1925 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,419 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:
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: Q3259882
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_20,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_20_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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/.