Township No. 31, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 31 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,493. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259901. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.260°N, 63.296°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 31 had a population of 1,493: 766 male and 727 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 31 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,493 total population, 766 males, 727 females, 444 married persons, 251 families, 224 married males, 220 married females, 46 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,003 single persons under 18, 529 single males under 18, 474 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 251 occupied houses, 250 inhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 141,161 bushels of potatoes, 84,310 bushels of oats, 29,345 bushels of turnips, 9,783 bushels of spring wheat, 4,252 tons of hay, 2,979 acres of hay crops, 1,925 bushels of buckwheat, 1,031 acres of potatoes, 797 acres of wheat, 681 bushels of barley, 337 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 26 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,493 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:
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 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. 31, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-31-pe002009-1881/.