Township No. 22, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 22 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,466. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259884. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.406°N, 63.404°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 22 had a population of 1,466: 732 male and 734 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,411 |
| 1881 | 1,556 |
| 1891 | 1,466 |
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. 22 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 1,466 total population, 734 females, 732 males, 376 married persons, 244 families, 189 married females, 187 married males, 69 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,021 single persons under 18, 524 single males under 18, 497 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,297 persons who are not French Canadian, 169 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 244 houses, 244 occupied houses, 243 houses built of wood, 238 houses of 1 story, 91 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 120,020 bushels of potatoes, 64,598 bushels of oats, 41,142 bushels of turnips, 31,719 pounds of homemade butter, 19,988 acres of land in farms, 13,229 acres of improved land in farms, 12,020 bushels of spring wheat, 10,931 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,919 acres of farmland under crops, 7,062 chickens, 6,759 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,263 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,229 acres of hay crops, 3,136 acres of oats, 2,794 bushels of barley, 2,429 sheep, 2,400 tons of hay, 1,622 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,502 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,220 bushels of buckwheat, 1,100 swine slaughtered or sold, 946 other cattle, 800 milk cows, 789 acres of wheat, 782 acres of potatoes, 737 swine, 471 cattle killed or sold, 440 horses aged over 3 years, 297 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 260 horses aged 3 years and under, 239 occupants of farms, 230 farm occupants who own their land, 158 geese, 103 acres of barley, 103 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 71 acres of turnips, 68 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 65 bushels of peas, 48 ducks, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE136004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259884
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_22,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_22
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. 22, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-22-pe136004-1891/.