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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259895

Township No. 29, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 29 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,957. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259895. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.241°N, 63.455°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 29 had a population of 1,957.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,957
18812,096
18911,970

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. 29 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 102 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,957 total population, 535 married persons, 307 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 2 blind persons, 701 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,422 single persons, 3 insane persons, 3 persons married, 46 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 172 males aged under 5, 282 males aged 5 to 16, 126 males aged 16 to 21, 249 males aged 21 to 45, 99 males aged 45 to 60, 53 males over 60, 175 females aged 0 to 5, 287 females aged 5 to 16, 121 females aged 16 to 21, 259 females aged 21-45, 88 females aged 45-60, 46 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 158 persons originating in Ireland, 59 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 71 persons originating in England, 62 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,600 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 218 members of the Church of England, 247 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 373 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 563 Roman Catholics, 408 Methodists, 133 Baptists, 1 Quakers, 14 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 churches, 7 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 83,858 bushels of oats, 72,263 bushels of potatoes, 28,742 pounds of homemade butter, 7,455 bushels of buckwheat, 5,541 bushels of turnips, 3,841 bushels of wheat, 3,120 sheep, 2,659 bushels of barley, 1,580 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,452 tons of hay, 1,110 swine, 586 horses, 102 bushels of other root crops, 18.50 bushels of beans, 6.50 bushels of peas, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 265 acres of farmland owned, 16,737 acres of farmland rented, 126 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 1,681 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 28 persons holding farmland of first quality, 215 persons holding farmland of second quality, 9 persons holding farmland of third quality, 10,711 acres of farmland in arable land, 69 bushels of clover seed, 219 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£34 s15 d0 value apples and other fruits, 676 pounds of flax, 690 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 320 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 84 farming mills, 15 hay mowing machines, 4 hay-making machines, 5 hay elevators, 28 mud-digging machines, 57 threshing machines, 1,385 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,299 yards of fulled cloth, 8 grist mills, 6 saw mills, 3 carding and fulling mills, 3 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 stamping machines, 337 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 690 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 8,632 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1,530 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 8 shingle and lath mills, 8 lime kilns, 1,330 barrels of lime, 1 brick kilns, 10,000 bricks, 50 carriages and sleighs, 11,931 yards of cloth, 14 sewing machines, 7 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 259 barrels of herring or alewives, 38 barrels of mackerel, 12 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 600 fishing barrels, 1 cooper's shops, $£0 s5 d0 value salmon — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 28 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. 29, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-29-pe002004-1871/.