Township No. 23, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 23 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,903. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259886. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 63.349°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 23 had a population of 1,903: 943 male and 960 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,804 |
| 1881 | 1,903 |
| 1891 | 1,835 |
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. 23 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,903 total population, 960 females, 943 males, 576 married persons, 311 families, 289 married females, 287 married males, 48 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,279 single persons under 18, 641 single females under 18, 638 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 310 inhabited houses, 310 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 126,085 bushels of potatoes, 93,532 bushels of oats, 40,284 bushels of turnips, 13,587 bushels of spring wheat, 4,527 bushels of barley, 3,427 tons of hay, 2,888 acres of hay crops, 1,976 bushels of buckwheat, 1,068 acres of wheat, 827 acres of potatoes, 525 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 292 bushels of other root crops, 28 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of rye, 5 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,319 barrels of mackerel, 1,569 barrels of herring or alewives, 581 fathoms of fishing nets, 158 quintals of cod, 100 men on fishing boats, 66 gallons of fish oil, 30 fishing boats, 22 barrels of gaspareaux, 9 shoremen, 4 men on fishing vessels, 3 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1 barrels of eels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,903 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:
PE002005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259886
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_23,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_23
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. 23, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-23-pe002005-1881/.