Township No. 31, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 31 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,278. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259901. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.260°N, 63.296°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 31 had a population of 1,278.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,278 |
| 1881 | 1,493 |
| 1891 | 1,576 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 31 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,278 total population, 366 married persons, 203 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 462 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 912 single persons, 3 insane persons, 10 persons married, 33 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 101 males aged under 5, 171 males aged 5 to 16, 88 males aged 16 to 21, 156 males aged 21 to 45, 85 males aged 45 to 60, 49 males over 60, 85 females aged 0 to 5, 149 females aged 5 to 16, 128 females aged 16 to 21, 141 females aged 21-45, 95 females aged 45-60, 30 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 68 persons originating in Ireland, 64 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 65 persons originating in England, 12 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,069 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 124 members of the Church of England, 266 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 194 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 225 Roman Catholics, 329 Methodists, 135 Baptists, 1 Bible Christians, 4 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 85,860 bushels of potatoes, 73,875 bushels of oats, 29,600 pounds of homemade butter, 8,007 bushels of turnips, 7,540 bushels of wheat, 4,422 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,845 sheep, 2,189 bushels of buckwheat, 2,051 bushels of barley, 1,889 tons of hay, 831 swine, 460 horses, 107 bushels of other root crops, 37 bushels of winter wheat, 25 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 10,681 acres of farmland owned, 5,704 acres of farmland rented, 684 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 607 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 124 persons holding farmland of first quality, 62 persons holding farmland of second quality, 2 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,848 acres of farmland in arable land, 11 bushels of clover seed, 238.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£35 s10 d0 value apples and other fruits, 126 pounds of flax, 1,871 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 797 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 48 farming mills, 21 hay mowing machines, 4 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 45 mud-digging machines, 654 other machines, 40 threshing machines, 1,200 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,437 yards of fulled cloth, 10 saw mills, 2 grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 stamping machines, 278 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 498 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 6,413 yards of not-fulled cloth, 5 shingle and lath mills, 2 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 cooper's shops — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259901
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_31,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_31_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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. 31, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-31-pe002009-1871/.