Township No. 25, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 25 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,017. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259889. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.385°N, 63.657°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 25 had a population of 1,017: 502 male and 515 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Township No. 25 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,017 total population, 515 females, 502 males, 290 married persons, 165 families, 145 married females, 145 married males, 34 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 693 single persons under 18, 350 single males under 18, 343 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,010 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 164 occupied houses, 163 houses, 163 houses built of wood, 154 houses of 1 story, 85 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 101,784 bushels of potatoes, 73,875 bushels of oats, 41,664 bushels of turnips, 30,515 pounds of homemade butter, 17,643 acres of land in farms, 14,302 acres of improved land in farms, 10,137 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,706 acres of farmland under crops, 8,719 bushels of spring wheat, 7,400 chickens, 4,539 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,649 acres of oats, 3,520 bushels of buckwheat, 3,341 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,561 acres of hay crops, 2,343 sheep, 2,061 tons of hay, 1,998 bushels of barley, 1,655 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,070 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 910 other cattle, 860 geese, 748 milk cows, 660 swine slaughtered or sold, 575 acres of potatoes, 495 acres of wheat, 445 swine, 403 horses aged over 3 years, 327 cattle killed or sold, 298 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 238 horses aged 3 years and under, 211 ducks, 154 occupants of farms, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 82 acres of barley, 82 acres of turnips, 72 turkeys, 58 bushels of beans, 57 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 25 bushels of peas, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 other fowl, 3 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE135021— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-25-pe135021-1891/.