Township No. 3, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 3 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,355. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.861°N, 64.123°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 3 had a population of 1,355: 718 male and 637 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,149 |
| 1881 | 1,355 |
| 1891 | 1,412 |
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. 3 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,355 total population, 718 males, 637 females, 375 married persons, 213 families, 188 married females, 187 married males, 47 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 933 single persons under 18, 515 single males under 18, 418 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 213 occupied houses, 212 inhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 71,010 bushels of potatoes, 48,422 bushels of oats, 12,965 bushels of turnips, 11,115 bushels of spring wheat, 1,867 tons of hay, 1,546 acres of hay crops, 1,305 bushels of barley, 1,012 bushels of buckwheat, 874 acres of wheat, 555 acres of potatoes, 148 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 42 bushels of peas and beans, 28 bushels of other root crops, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,293 barrels of mackerel, 962 fathoms of fishing nets, 218 barrels of herring or alewives, 70 men on fishing boats, 62 quintals of cod, 36 fishing boats, 19 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 14 gallons of fish oil, 2 barrels of salmon, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 60 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,355 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:
PE001003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259912
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_3,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_3
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. 3, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-3-pe001003-1881/.