Township No. 35, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 35 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,116. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259905. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.330°N, 63.008°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 35 had a population of 1,116: 578 male and 538 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,080 |
| 1881 | 1,116 |
| 1891 | 1,089 |
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. 35 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,116 total population, 578 males, 538 females, 314 married persons, 185 families, 158 married females, 156 married males, 42 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 760 single persons under 18, 408 single males under 18, 352 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 185 inhabited houses, 185 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 106,226 bushels of potatoes, 55,491 bushels of oats, 23,605 bushels of turnips, 6,584 bushels of spring wheat, 2,237 tons of hay, 2,040 bushels of barley, 1,875 acres of hay crops, 689 acres of potatoes, 621 acres of wheat, 488 bushels of buckwheat, 307 bushels of other root crops, 189 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 62 bushels of peas and beans, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,938 barrels of mackerel, 1,634 fathoms of fishing nets, 479 barrels of herring or alewives, 374 quintals of cod, 127 gallons of fish oil, 68 men on fishing boats, 34 fishing boats, 7 men on fishing vessels, 5 shoremen, 3 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 147 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,116 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:
PE002013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259905
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_35,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_35_(%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. 35, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-35-pe002013-1881/.