Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 29, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 29 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,096. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.241°N, 63.455°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 29 had a population of 2,096: 1,060 male and 1,036 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,957 |
| 1881 | 2,096 |
| 1891 | 1,970 |
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. 29 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 349 |
| Number of families | 349 |
| Number of females | 1,036 |
| Number of males | 1,060 |
| Number of married females | 321 |
| Number of married males | 315 |
| Number of married persons | 636 |
| Number of widowed females | 47 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 68 |
| POP TOT | 2,096 |
| Total population | 2,096 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 668 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 724 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,392 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 349 |
| Number of occupied houses | 349 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,816 |
| Acres of potatoes | 843 |
| Acres of wheat | 619 |
| BAR BU | 969 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 969 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 9,268 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 517 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 90,228 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 798 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 54 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 119,305 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 7,324 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 25,519 |
| BWT BU | 9,268 |
| HAY AC | 2,816 |
| HAY TONS | 3,664 |
| OAT BU | 90,228 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 54 |
| POT AC | 843 |
| POT BU | 119,305 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,664 |
| WHT AC | 619 |
| WHT SP BU | 7,324 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 66 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 144 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 654 |
| Number of fishing boats | 26 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 26 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 2,520 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 66 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 26 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 26 |
| C UNMD F | 668 |
| C UNMD M | 724 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,392 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 5 |
| D OCC | 349 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 1,036 |
| GRA BU | 517 |
| H INHAB | 349 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| LOB XC P | 2,520 |
| MALE | 1,060 |
| MCK XB Q | 144 |
| MD F | 321 |
| MD M | 315 |
| MD TOT | 636 |
| NET XX F | 654 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 798 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 25,519 |
| WID F | 47 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 68 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 29, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-29-pe002007-1881/.