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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259904

Township No. 34, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 34 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,387. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.358°N, 63.096°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 34 had a population of 1,387.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,387
18811,384
18911,317

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 34 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,387 total population, 401 married persons, 216 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 596 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 986 single persons, 1 insane persons, 9 persons married, 28 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 122 males aged under 5, 189 males aged 5 to 16, 74 males aged 16 to 21, 207 males aged 21 to 45, 64 males aged 45 to 60, 42 males over 60, 98 females aged 0 to 5, 182 females aged 5 to 16, 83 females aged 16 to 21, 218 females aged 21-45, 55 females aged 45-60, 53 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 47 persons originating in Ireland, 40 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 42 persons originating in England, 14 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,240 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 44 members of the Church of England, 283 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 268 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 342 Roman Catholics, 348 Methodists, 90 Baptists, 2 Bible Christians, 10 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 churches, 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 91,150 bushels of oats, 85,940 bushels of potatoes, 29,400 pounds of homemade butter, 18,190 bushels of turnips, 6,613 bushels of wheat, 5,207 bushels of barley, 4,510 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,283 sheep, 2,286 tons of hay, 1,910 swine, 576 horses, 304 bushels of buckwheat, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 9 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 10,761 acres of farmland owned, 9,453 acres of farmland rented, 50 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 48 persons holding farmland of first quality, 126 persons holding farmland of second quality, 16 persons holding farmland of third quality, 13,160 acres of farmland in arable land, 60 bushels of clover seed, 203 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£282 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 876 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 2,754 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 94 farming mills, 63 hay mowing machines, 63 hay-making machines, 2 hay elevators, 47 mud-digging machines, 9 other machines, 78 threshing machines, 1,310 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,818 yards of fulled cloth, 4 grist mills, 2 tanneries, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 stamping machines, 316 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 645 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 4,680 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2,000 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 3 sewing machines, 2 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 365 barrels of mackerel, 219 barrels of herring or alewives, 125 gallons of fish oil, 9 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 fishing establishments, 166 quintals of codfish or hake, 12 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 9 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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. 34, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-34-pe002013-1871/.