Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 24, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 24 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.404°N, 63.283°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 24 had a population of 2,737: 1,373 male and 1,364 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 2,356 |
| 1881 | 2,737 |
| 1891 | 2,615 |
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. 24 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 426 |
| Number of families | 426 |
| Number of females | 1,364 |
| Number of males | 1,373 |
| Number of married females | 398 |
| Number of married males | 404 |
| Number of married persons | 802 |
| Number of widowed females | 67 |
| Number of widowed males | 33 |
| Number of widowed persons | 100 |
| POP TOT | 2,737 |
| Total population | 2,737 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 899 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 936 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,835 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 426 |
| Number of occupied houses | 426 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,496 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,086 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,276 |
| BAR BU | 10,275 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 10,275 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,519 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 383 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 32 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 113,974 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 34 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 179,541 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 16,087 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 48,356 |
| BWT BU | 1,519 |
| CRN BU | 32 |
| HAY AC | 3,496 |
| HAY TONS | 4,300 |
| OAT BU | 113,974 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 34 |
| POT AC | 1,086 |
| POT BU | 179,541 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,300 |
| WHT AC | 1,276 |
| WHT SP BU | 16,087 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,930 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 8,097 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,216 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 414 |
| Number of fishing boats | 56 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 213 |
| Number of shoremen | 23 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 24,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 762 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 36 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,930 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 213 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 56 |
| C UNMD F | 899 |
| C UNMD M | 936 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,835 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 762 |
| D OCC | 426 |
| EEL XB Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 1,364 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 414 |
| GRA BU | 383 |
| GSP XB Q | 1 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 426 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAD DX K | 36 |
| LOB XC P | 24,000 |
| MALE | 1,373 |
| MCK XB Q | 8,097 |
| MD F | 398 |
| MD M | 404 |
| MD TOT | 802 |
| NET XX F | 2,216 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 16 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 23 |
| TUR BU | 48,356 |
| WID F | 67 |
| WID M | 33 |
| WID TOT | 100 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136006 — 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. 24, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-24-pe002006-1881/.