Township No. 25, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 25 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,002. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259889. 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 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,002 total population, 502 females, 500 males, 290 married persons, 166 families, 147 married males, 143 married females, 23 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 689 single persons under 18, 346 single males under 18, 343 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 161 inhabited houses, 161 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 82,300 bushels of oats, 80,030 bushels of potatoes, 15,880 bushels of turnips, 7,976 bushels of spring wheat, 2,682 tons of hay, 2,574 acres of hay crops, 1,896 bushels of buckwheat, 826 bushels of other root crops, 564 acres of wheat, 480 acres of potatoes, 408 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 349 bushels of barley, 22 bushels of rye, 20 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 24 barrels of mackerel, 7 quintals of cod, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,002 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
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: 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 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/.