Township No. 28, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 28 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,578. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259894. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.244°N, 63.583°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 28 had a population of 1,578: 794 male and 784 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. 28 shared boundaries with:

• Township No. 27
• Township No. 29

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,578 total population, 794 males, 784 females, 560 married persons, 308 families, 283 married females, 277 married males, 68 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 950 single persons under 18, 499 single males under 18, 451 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,573 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 307 occupied houses, 306 houses, 304 houses built of wood, 288 houses of 1 story, 177 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 124,895 bushels of potatoes, 90,891 bushels of turnips, 64,586 pounds of homemade butter, 61,646 bushels of oats, 20,618 acres of land in farms, 12,920 acres of improved land in farms, 11,819 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,593 acres of farmland under crops, 8,354 bushels of spring wheat, 7,698 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,995 chickens, 5,845 bushels of buckwheat, 5,463 bushels of barley, 4,248 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,783 sheep, 3,250 tons of hay, 3,094 acres of oats, 3,076 acres of hay crops, 2,077 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,208 other cattle, 973 milk cows, 966 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 958 swine, 943 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 834 acres of potatoes, 776 swine slaughtered or sold, 599 acres of wheat, 538 horses aged over 3 years, 362 cattle killed or sold, 331 geese, 311 horses aged 3 years and under, 276 occupants of farms, 252 farm occupants who own their land, 230 acres of barley, 212 bushels of peas, 175 acres of turnips, 103 ducks, 96 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 79 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 76 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 70 bushels of beans, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 turkeys, 31 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE135024 — 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 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. 28, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-28-pe135024-1891/.