Township No. 25, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 25 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 925. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259889. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.385°N, 63.657°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 25 had a population of 925.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 925 |
| 1881 | 1,002 |
| 1891 | 1,017 |
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 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 25 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 93 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 925 total population, 292 married persons, 150 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 437 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 633 single persons, 2 insane persons, 9 persons married, 31 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 79 males aged under 5, 138 males aged 5 to 16, 39 males aged 16 to 21, 139 males aged 21 to 45, 40 males aged 45 to 60, 26 males over 60, 80 females aged 0 to 5, 127 females aged 5 to 16, 62 females aged 16 to 21, 137 females aged 21-45, 33 females aged 45-60, 25 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 32 persons originating in Scotland, 30 persons originating in Ireland, 18 Indigenous females, 11 Indigenous males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 22 persons originating in England, 17 persons originating in the British Provinces, 824 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 37 members of the Church of England, 309 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 46 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 176 Roman Catholics, 151 Methodists, 176 Baptists, 1 Bible Christians, 29 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 78,680 bushels of oats, 49,927 bushels of potatoes, 25,143 pounds of homemade butter, 4,327 bushels of wheat, 3,965 bushels of turnips, 3,840 bushels of buckwheat, 3,166 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,559 sheep, 1,336 tons of hay, 1,029 bushels of barley, 744 swine, 411 horses, 45 bushels of other root crops, 10 bushels of peas, 8.50 bushels of beans, 6 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 15,883 acres of farmland owned, 554 acres of farmland rented, 83 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 405 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 42 persons holding farmland of first quality, 78 persons holding farmland of second quality, 1 persons holding farmland of third quality, 10,764 acres of farmland in arable land, 22 bushels of clover seed, 171 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£128 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 116 pounds of flax, 1,695 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 207 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 78 farming mills, 56 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 44 mud-digging machines, 51 other machines, 48 threshing machines, 1,139 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,266 yards of fulled cloth, 5 saw mills, 3 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 stamping machines, 235 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 458 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,729 yards of not-fulled cloth, 81 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 3 shingle and lath mills, 2 lime kilns, 100 barrels of lime, 10 carriages and sleighs, 7,995 yards of cloth, 10 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259889
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_25,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_25
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. 25, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-25-pe001020-1871/.