Township No. 33, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 33 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,332. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259902. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.358°N, 63.172°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 33 had a population of 1,332: 710 male and 622 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,219 |
| 1881 | 1,332 |
| 1891 | 1,279 |
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. 33 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,332 total population, 710 males, 622 females, 382 married persons, 214 families, 192 married females, 190 married males, 39 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 911 single persons under 18, 508 single males under 18, 403 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 214 inhabited houses, 214 occupied houses, 11 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 112,663 bushels of potatoes, 94,150 bushels of oats, 73,395 bushels of turnips, 8,111 bushels of spring wheat, 6,951 bushels of barley, 4,543 tons of hay, 4,048 acres of hay crops, 1,087 bushels of buckwheat, 991 bushels of other root crops, 724 acres of wheat, 668 acres of potatoes, 509 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 bushels of peas and beans, 2 bushels of rye, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 280 barrels of mackerel, 78 barrels of herring or alewives, 60 quintals of cod, 17 gallons of fish oil, 4 men on fishing boats, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,332 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:
PE002011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259902
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_33,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_33_(%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. 33, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-33-pe002011-1881/.