Township No. 28, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 28 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,692. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259894. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.244°N, 63.583°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 28 had a population of 1,692: 838 male and 854 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,570 |
| 1881 | 1,692 |
| 1891 | 1,578 |
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. 28 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,692 total population, 854 females, 838 males, 508 married persons, 295 families, 256 married females, 252 married males, 67 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,117 single persons under 18, 572 single males under 18, 545 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 283 occupied houses, 282 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 140,118 bushels of potatoes, 98,614 bushels of oats, 27,501 bushels of turnips, 10,440 bushels of spring wheat, 7,985 bushels of buckwheat, 3,660 tons of hay, 2,793 acres of hay crops, 1,740 bushels of barley, 1,662 bushels of other root crops, 754 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 751 acres of potatoes, 691 acres of wheat, 62 bushels of peas and beans, 13 bushels of rye, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 56 barrels of mackerel, 24 fishing boats, 24 men on fishing boats, 9 quintals of cod, 2 gallons of fish oil, 1 fathoms of fishing nets, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 25,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Napier Robertson | 1869–1937 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,692 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:
PE001024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135024— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259894
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_28,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_28
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. 28, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-28-pe001024-1881/.