Township No. 21, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 21 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,700. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259883. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.443°N, 63.481°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 21 had a population of 1,700: 850 male and 850 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Township No. 21 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,700 total population, 850 females, 850 males, 518 married persons, 294 families, 260 married males, 258 married females, 55 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,127 single persons under 18, 576 single males under 18, 551 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,700 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 293 houses, 293 houses built of wood, 293 occupied houses, 243 houses of 1 story, 112 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses of 2 stories, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 114,292 bushels of potatoes, 62,517 bushels of oats, 45,702 bushels of turnips, 38,037 pounds of homemade butter, 17,308 acres of land in farms, 15,702 bushels of spring wheat, 12,012 acres of improved land in farms, 9,880 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,823 acres of farmland under crops, 8,183 chickens, 5,296 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,138 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,981 bushels of barley, 2,760 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,723 sheep, 2,707 tons of hay, 2,694 acres of hay crops, 2,671 acres of oats, 1,396 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,338 bushels of buckwheat, 1,103 swine, 991 acres of wheat, 948 swine slaughtered or sold, 904 other cattle, 808 milk cows, 717 acres of potatoes, 632 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 510 horses aged over 3 years, 384 geese, 352 cattle killed or sold, 240 occupants of farms, 238 farm occupants who own their land, 225 horses aged 3 years and under, 222 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 127 acres of barley, 87 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 84 acres of turnips, 81 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 74 ducks, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 19 turkeys, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 oxen, 1 employees on farms, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE136003— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-21-pe136003-1891/.