Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township No. 25, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 25 was a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,002. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.385°N, 63.657°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 25 had a population of 1,002: 500 male and 502 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 25 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 166 |
| Number of families | 166 |
| Number of females | 502 |
| Number of males | 500 |
| Number of married females | 143 |
| Number of married males | 147 |
| Number of married persons | 290 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 23 |
| POP TOT | 1,002 |
| Total population | 1,002 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 343 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 346 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 689 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 161 |
| Number of occupied houses | 161 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,574 |
| Acres of potatoes | 480 |
| Acres of wheat | 564 |
| BAR BU | 349 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 349 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,896 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 408 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 82,300 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 826 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 80,030 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 7,976 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 15,880 |
| BWT BU | 1,896 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 2,574 |
| HAY TONS | 2,682 |
| OAT BU | 82,300 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 20 |
| POT AC | 480 |
| POT BU | 80,030 |
| RYE BU | 22 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,682 |
| WHT AC | 564 |
| WHT SP BU | 7,976 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 24 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 1 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 7 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 343 |
| C UNMD M | 346 |
| C UNMD TOT | 689 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 7 |
| D OCC | 161 |
| FEMALE | 502 |
| GRA BU | 408 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 161 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| MALE | 500 |
| MCK XB Q | 24 |
| MD F | 143 |
| MD M | 147 |
| MD TOT | 290 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 826 |
| OYS XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 15,880 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 23 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135021 — 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. 25, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-25-pe001021-1881/.