Township No. 29, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 29 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,096. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259895. 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 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,096 total population, 1,060 males, 1,036 females, 636 married persons, 349 families, 321 married females, 315 married males, 68 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,392 single persons under 18, 724 single males under 18, 668 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 349 inhabited houses, 349 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 119,305 bushels of potatoes, 90,228 bushels of oats, 25,519 bushels of turnips, 9,268 bushels of buckwheat, 7,324 bushels of spring wheat, 3,664 tons of hay, 2,816 acres of hay crops, 969 bushels of barley, 843 acres of potatoes, 798 bushels of other root crops, 619 acres of wheat, 517 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 54 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 654 fathoms of fishing nets, 144 barrels of mackerel, 66 barrels of herring or alewives, 26 fishing boats, 26 men on fishing boats, 5 quintals of cod, 1 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2,520 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,097 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:
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: Q3259895
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_29,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_29
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/.