Township No. 21, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 21 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,871. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259883. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.443°N, 63.481°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 21 had a population of 1,871: 944 male and 927 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,569 |
| 1881 | 1,871 |
| 1891 | 1,700 |
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. 21 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,871 total population, 944 males, 927 females, 544 married persons, 302 families, 273 married males, 271 married females, 56 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,271 single persons under 18, 652 single males under 18, 619 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 285 inhabited houses, 285 occupied houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 92,558 bushels of potatoes, 69,755 bushels of oats, 20,663 bushels of turnips, 16,209 bushels of spring wheat, 2,814 tons of hay, 2,282 acres of hay crops, 1,521 bushels of barley, 997 acres of wheat, 938 bushels of buckwheat, 721 bushels of other root crops, 587 acres of potatoes, 456 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,570 barrels of mackerel, 1,852 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,394 fathoms of fishing nets, 587 quintals of cod, 226 men on fishing boats, 169 gallons of fish oil, 105 barrels of other fish, 102 fishing boats, 26 shoremen, 4 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 96,000 pounds of lobster canned, 2 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,872 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:
PE002003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259883
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_21,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_21
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. 21, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-21-pe002003-1881/.