Township No. 30, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 30 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,530. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259899. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.233°N, 63.374°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 30 had a population of 1,530: 767 male and 763 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,430 |
| 1881 | 1,530 |
| 1891 | 1,417 |
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. 30 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 1,530 total population, 767 males, 763 females, 395 married persons, 237 families, 198 married females, 197 married males, 57 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,078 single persons under 18, 555 single males under 18, 523 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 237 inhabited houses, 237 occupied houses, 38 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 86,255 bushels of potatoes, 53,944 bushels of oats, 11,148 bushels of turnips, 7,191 bushels of spring wheat, 5,202 bushels of buckwheat, 2,062 tons of hay, 1,904 acres of hay crops, 658 acres of potatoes, 569 acres of wheat, 337 bushels of barley, 93 bushels of other root crops, 87 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 703 fathoms of fishing nets, 43 barrels of mackerel, 29 barrels of herring or alewives, 24 men on fishing boats, 17 fishing boats, 4 barrels of trout, 1 quintals of cod. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,530 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:
PE002008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259899
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_30,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_30
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. 30, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-30-pe002008-1881/.