Township No. 36, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 36 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,263. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259906. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.344°N, 62.935°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 36 had a population of 1,263: 667 male and 596 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,530 |
| 1881 | 1,263 |
| 1891 | 1,253 |
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. 36 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,263 total population, 667 males, 596 females, 333 married persons, 206 families, 167 married males, 166 married females, 60 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 870 single persons under 18, 479 single males under 18, 391 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 206 inhabited houses, 206 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 90,086 bushels of potatoes, 49,495 bushels of oats, 11,535 bushels of turnips, 5,597 bushels of spring wheat, 1,433 acres of hay crops, 1,224 tons of hay, 999 bushels of barley, 701 acres of potatoes, 531 acres of wheat, 460 bushels of buckwheat, 118 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 65 bushels of other root crops, 36 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 843 fathoms of fishing nets, 388 barrels of mackerel, 44 barrels of herring or alewives, 32 men on fishing boats, 28 quintals of cod, 27 barrels of gaspareaux, 13 fishing boats, 2 gallons of fish oil. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 754 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Anthyme Herdt | 1872–1926 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,263 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:
PE002014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259906
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_36,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_36
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. 36, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-36-pe002014-1881/.