Township No. 27, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 27 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,348. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259893. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.298°N, 63.629°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 27 had a population of 1,348: 654 male and 694 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,269 |
| 1881 | 1,348 |
| 1891 | 1,425 |
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. 27 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,348 total population, 694 females, 654 males, 398 married persons, 227 families, 199 married females, 199 married males, 53 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 897 single persons under 18, 458 single females under 18, 439 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 219 inhabited houses, 219 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 95,935 bushels of potatoes, 75,513 bushels of oats, 12,086 bushels of turnips, 9,002 bushels of spring wheat, 8,344 bushels of buckwheat, 2,630 tons of hay, 2,463 acres of hay crops, 618 acres of wheat, 584 acres of potatoes, 536 bushels of barley, 433 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 142 bushels of other root crops, 19 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 44 barrels of mackerel, 15 fathoms of fishing nets, 4 quintals of cod, 3 barrels of herring or alewives, 3 fishing boats, 3 men on fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 55 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,348 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:
PE001023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135023— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259893
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_27,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_27
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. 27, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-27-pe001023-1881/.