Township No. 32, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 32 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,313. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q924073. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.276°N, 63.214°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 32 had a population of 1,313: 664 male and 649 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 32 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,313 total population, 664 males, 649 females, 378 married persons, 205 families, 193 married males, 185 married females, 42 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 893 single persons under 18, 454 single males under 18, 439 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 205 inhabited houses, 205 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 134,115 bushels of potatoes, 77,730 bushels of oats, 49,487 bushels of turnips, 9,669 bushels of spring wheat, 4,263 tons of hay, 3,266 acres of hay crops, 3,061 bushels of barley, 1,196 bushels of buckwheat, 1,126 bushels of other root crops, 789 acres of potatoes, 746 acres of wheat, 224 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 28 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Bain | 1842–1894 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,313 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:
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 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. 32, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-32-pe002010-1881/.