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Year: 1891  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259904

Township No. 34, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 34 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,317. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.358°N, 63.096°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 34 had a population of 1,317: 689 male and 628 female residents.

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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Township No. 34 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,317 total population, 689 males, 628 females, 382 married persons, 241 families, 191 married females, 191 married males, 61 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 874 single persons under 18, 476 single males under 18, 398 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,314 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 240 houses, 240 houses built of wood, 240 occupied houses, 225 houses of 1 story, 133 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 124,995 bushels of potatoes, 72,448 bushels of turnips, 56,969 bushels of oats, 43,140 pounds of homemade butter, 20,549 acres of land in farms, 15,652 acres of improved land in farms, 10,669 acres of farmland under crops, 9,167 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,762 bushels of spring wheat, 7,693 chickens, 7,286 bushels of barley, 4,897 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,884 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,195 acres of hay crops, 3,173 acres of oats, 2,609 tons of hay, 2,396 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,320 sheep, 1,553 bushels of buckwheat, 1,296 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,074 swine slaughtered or sold, 981 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 935 milk cows, 793 acres of potatoes, 730 other cattle, 614 acres of wheat, 487 swine, 468 horses aged over 3 years, 346 geese, 344 acres of barley, 317 cattle killed or sold, Capacity of silos (tons): 276, 230 horses aged 3 years and under, 225 occupants of farms, 210 farm occupants who own their land, 199 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 143 acres of turnips, 139 ducks, 116 bushels of peas, 102 turkeys, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 88 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-34-pe136012-1891/.