Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 23, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 23 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,903. 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 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 311 |
| Number of families | 311 |
| Number of females | 960 |
| Number of males | 943 |
| Number of married females | 289 |
| Number of married males | 287 |
| Number of married persons | 576 |
| Number of widowed females | 30 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 48 |
| POP TOT | 1,903 |
| Total population | 1,903 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 641 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 638 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,279 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 310 |
| Number of occupied houses | 310 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,888 |
| Acres of potatoes | 827 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,068 |
| BAR BU | 4,527 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 4,527 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,976 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 525 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 93,532 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 292 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 126,085 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 13,587 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 40,284 |
| BWT BU | 1,976 |
| CRN BU | 5 |
| HAY AC | 2,888 |
| HAY TONS | 3,427 |
| OAT BU | 93,532 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 28 |
| POT AC | 827 |
| POT BU | 126,085 |
| RYE BU | 10 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,427 |
| WHT AC | 1,068 |
| WHT SP BU | 13,587 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,569 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 3,319 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 581 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 66 |
| Number of fishing boats | 30 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 100 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of shoremen | 9 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 158 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 3 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,569 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 100 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 30 |
| C UNMD F | 641 |
| C UNMD M | 638 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,279 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 158 |
| D OCC | 310 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 960 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 66 |
| GRA BU | 525 |
| GSP XB Q | 22 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 310 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 3 |
| MALE | 943 |
| MCK XB Q | 3,319 |
| MD F | 289 |
| MD M | 287 |
| MD TOT | 576 |
| NET XX F | 581 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 292 |
| SAR XB Q | 2 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 9 |
| TUR BU | 40,284 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 4 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 30 |
| WID M | 18 |
| WID TOT | 48 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.