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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259891

Township No. 26, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 26 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,295. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.340°N, 63.689°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 26 had a population of 1,295.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,295
18811,346
18911,278

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 26 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,295 total population, 378 married persons, 194 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 475 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 917 single persons, 1 insane persons, 8 persons married, 54 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 121 males aged under 5, 145 males aged 5 to 16, 61 males aged 16 to 21, 197 males aged 21 to 45, 52 males aged 45 to 60, 50 males over 60, 135 females aged 0 to 5, 180 females aged 5 to 16, 68 females aged 16 to 21, 213 females aged 21-45, 45 females aged 45-60, 28 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 102 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 23 persons originating in England, 63 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,089 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 19 members of the Church of England, 207 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 72 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 493 Roman Catholics, 331 Methodists, 162 Baptists, 11 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 71,320 bushels of oats, 60,342 bushels of potatoes, 30,951 pounds of homemade butter, 8,876 bushels of turnips, 5,149 bushels of wheat, 4,605 bushels of barley, 3,667 bushels of buckwheat, 3,302 sheep, 1,915 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,899 tons of hay, 994 swine, 534 horses, 16 bushels of other root crops, 15 bushels of peas, 7.50 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,898 acres of farmland owned, 5,944 acres of farmland rented, 847 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 136 persons holding farmland of first quality, 29 persons holding farmland of second quality, 1 persons holding farmland of third quality, 872 acres of farmland in arable land, 50 bushels of clover seed, 205.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£32 s1 d0 value apples and other fruits, 0.50 bushels of vetches, 205 pounds of flax, 1,526 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 238 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 73 farming mills, 34 hay mowing machines, 9 hay-making machines, 17 hay elevators, 38 mud-digging machines, 47 other machines, 46 threshing machines, 1,231 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,670 yards of fulled cloth, 6 grist mills, 5 saw mills, 3 tanneries, 2 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 stamping machines, 321 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 626 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 6,376 yards of not-fulled cloth, 6,708 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 9 shingle and lath mills, 8 lime kilns, 2,400 barrels of lime, 22 carriages and sleighs, 29 sewing machines, 13 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 4 fishing boats, 3 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 1 cooper's shops — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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. 26, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-26-pe001021-1871/.