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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259883

Township No. 21, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 21 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,569. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259883. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.443°N, 63.481°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 21 had a population of 1,569.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,569
18811,871
18911,700

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. 21 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,569 total population, 459 married persons, 249 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 1,048 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,110 single persons, 5 persons married, 43 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 120 males aged under 5, 228 males aged 5 to 16, 81 males aged 16 to 21, 219 males aged 21 to 45, 72 males aged 45 to 60, 49 males over 60, 148 females aged 0 to 5, 209 females aged 5 to 16, 85 females aged 16 to 21, 246 females aged 21-45, 70 females aged 45-60, 42 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 156 persons originating in Scotland, 37 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 34 persons originating in England, 13 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,324 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 244 members of the Church of England, 905 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 2 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 170 Roman Catholics, 176 Methodists, 34 Baptists, 2 Bible Christians, 1 Universalists, 32 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 churches, 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 59,303 bushels of oats, 56,984 bushels of potatoes, 18,065 pounds of homemade butter, 7,770 bushels of wheat, 4,665 bushels of turnips, 3,931 bushels of barley, 2,845 sheep, 2,560 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,473 tons of hay, 1,073 bushels of buckwheat, 1,027 swine, 510 horses, 3 bushels of peas, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 992 cattle, 16,230 acres of farmland owned, 76 acres of farmland rented, 3 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 109 persons holding farmland of first quality, 60 persons holding farmland of second quality, 32 persons holding farmland of third quality, 8,340 acres of farmland in arable land, 1,137 bushels of clover seed, 271.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£2 s4 d0 value apples and other fruits, 1,977 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 36.50 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 30 farming mills, 25 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 13 hay elevators, 60 mud-digging machines, 22 threshing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,254 yards of fulled cloth, 5 saw mills, 4 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 shingle and lath mills, 2 lime kilns, 1,000 barrels of lime, 11,137 yards of cloth, 5 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs, 3 stamping machines, 213 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 497 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 7,693 yards of not-fulled cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 473 barrels of herring or alewives, 310 barrels of mackerel, 141 gallons of fish oil, 18 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 fishing establishments, 279 quintals of codfish or hake, 40 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 20 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. 21, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-21-pe002002-1871/.