Township No. 32, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 32 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,276. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q924073. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.276°N, 63.214°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 32 had a population of 1,276.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,276 |
| 1881 | 1,313 |
| 1891 | 1,214 |
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 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 32 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,276 total population, 384 married persons, 210 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 3 blind persons, 725 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 892 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 84 males aged under 5, 180 males aged 5 to 16, 75 males aged 16 to 21, 193 males aged 21 to 45, 61 males aged 45 to 60, 54 males over 60, 102 females aged 0 to 5, 162 females aged 5 to 16, 90 females aged 16 to 21, 170 females aged 21-45, 69 females aged 45-60, 36 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 41 persons originating in Scotland, 24 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 54 persons originating in England, 17 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,135 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 357 members of the Church of England, 115 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 209 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 122 Roman Catholics, 262 Methodists, 163 Baptists, 44 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, 7 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 86,350 bushels of oats, 82,890 bushels of potatoes, 35,575 pounds of homemade butter, 33,880 bushels of turnips, 11,760 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,098 bushels of wheat, 6,535 bushels of barley, 3,286 sheep, 2,865 tons of hay, 1,198 bushels of buckwheat, 999 swine, 540 horses, 34 bushels of winter wheat, 8 bushels of peas, 3 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 16,205 acres of farmland owned, 2,296 acres of farmland rented, 94 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 71 persons holding farmland of first quality, 94 persons holding farmland of second quality, 9 persons holding farmland of third quality, 11,168 acres of farmland in arable land, 22.50 bushels of clover seed, 279.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£191 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 22 bushels of vetches, 30 pounds of flax, 3,453 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 2,142.50 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 64 farming mills, 65 hay mowing machines, 4 hay-making machines, 3 hay elevators, 73 mud-digging machines, 18 other machines, 51 threshing machines, 1,295 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,842 yards of fulled cloth, 5 grist mills, 4 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 330 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 552 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,815 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2 shingle and lath mills, 8 lime kilns, 4,860 barrels of lime, 1 brick kilns, 45 bricks, 7 carriages and sleighs, 11 sewing machines, 3 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Bain | 1842–1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q924073
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_32,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_32_(%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. 32, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-32-pe002010-1871/.