Township No. 23, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 23 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,804. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259886. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 63.349°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 23 had a population of 1,804.
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).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 23 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 101 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,804 total population, 525 married persons, 291 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 220 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,279 single persons, 3 insane persons, 4 persons married, 32 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 150 males aged under 5, 255 males aged 5 to 16, 109 males aged 16 to 21, 250 males aged 21 to 45, 85 males aged 45 to 60, 39 males over 60, 146 females aged 0 to 5, 281 females aged 5 to 16, 117 females aged 16 to 21, 256 females aged 21-45, 80 females aged 45-60, 36 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 103 persons originating in Scotland, 19 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 71 persons originating in England, 12 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,596 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 79 members of the Church of England, 465 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 117 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 670 Roman Catholics, 17 Methodists, 213 Baptists, 207 Bible Christians, 36 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 churches, 9 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 80,416 bushels of oats, 78,465 bushels of potatoes, 28,123 pounds of homemade butter, 12,965 bushels of turnips, 10,135 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 10,033 bushels of wheat, 6,664 bushels of barley, 3,115 sheep, 2,048 tons of hay, 1,296 swine, 728 bushels of buckwheat, 598 horses, 89 bushels of other root crops, 50 bushels of peas, 31 bushels of winter wheat, 15 bushels of corn, 2.50 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 8,491 acres of farmland owned, 9,510 acres of farmland rented, 103 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 50 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 53 persons holding farmland of first quality, 152 persons holding farmland of second quality, 9 persons holding farmland of third quality, 11,310 acres of farmland in arable land, 53 bushels of clover seed, 290 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£59 s7 d9 value apples and other fruits, 166 pounds of flax, 528 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 622 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 50 farming mills, 34 hay mowing machines, 10 hay elevators, 41 mud-digging machines, 4 other machines, 59 threshing machines, 1,262 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,164 yards of fulled cloth, 3 grist mills, 2 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 stamping machines, 274 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 616 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 7,733 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 shingle and lath mills, 1 steam engines, 3 lime kilns, 2 brick kilns, 30,000 bricks, 53 carriages and sleighs, 8,692 yards of cloth, 8 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 60.50 barrels of mackerel, 12 barrels of herring or alewives, 10 gallons of fish oil, 2 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 20 quintals of codfish or hake, 4 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Laird | 1797–1873 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002007— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-23-pe002007-1871/.