Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 33, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 33 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,332. 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 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 214 |
| Number of families | 214 |
| Number of females | 622 |
| Number of males | 710 |
| Number of married females | 192 |
| Number of married males | 190 |
| Number of married persons | 382 |
| Number of widowed females | 27 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 39 |
| POP TOT | 1,332 |
| Total population | 1,332 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 403 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 508 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 911 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 11 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 214 |
| Number of occupied houses | 214 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 4,048 |
| Acres of potatoes | 668 |
| Acres of wheat | 724 |
| BAR BU | 6,951 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 6,951 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,087 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 509 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 94,150 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 991 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 53 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 112,663 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8,111 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 73,395 |
| BWT BU | 1,087 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 4,048 |
| HAY TONS | 4,543 |
| OAT BU | 94,150 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 53 |
| POT AC | 668 |
| POT BU | 112,663 |
| RYE BU | 2 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,543 |
| WHT AC | 724 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,111 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 78 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 280 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 17 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 4 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 60 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 78 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 4 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 403 |
| C UNMD M | 508 |
| C UNMD TOT | 911 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 60 |
| D OCC | 214 |
| FEMALE | 622 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 17 |
| GRA BU | 509 |
| H CON | 11 |
| H INHAB | 214 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| MALE | 710 |
| MCK XB Q | 280 |
| MD F | 192 |
| MD M | 190 |
| MD TOT | 382 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 991 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 73,395 |
| WID F | 27 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 39 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.