Township No. 26, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 26 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,346. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.340°N, 63.689°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 26 had a population of 1,346: 663 male and 683 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,295 |
| 1881 | 1,346 |
| 1891 | 1,278 |
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. 26 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,346 total population, 683 females, 663 males, 366 married persons, 217 families, 184 married males, 182 married females, 50 widowed persons, 26 widowed males, 24 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 930 single persons under 18, 477 single females under 18, 453 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 214 inhabited houses, 214 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 115,392 bushels of potatoes, 86,050 bushels of oats, 25,980 bushels of turnips, 10,571 bushels of spring wheat, 3,492 tons of hay, 3,368 bushels of buckwheat, 2,604 acres of hay crops, 2,515 bushels of other root crops, 1,494 bushels of barley, 698 acres of wheat, 608 acres of potatoes, 410 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 91 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of corn, 10 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 75 barrels of mackerel, 74 fathoms of fishing nets, 30 men on fishing boats, 22 barrels of other fish, 16 fishing boats, 14 barrels of herring or alewives, 5 quintals of cod, 1 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of trout, 1 gallons of fish oil. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 74 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,346 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:
PE001022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135022— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259891
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_26,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_26
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. 26, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-26-pe001022-1881/.