Township No. 36, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 36 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,253. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259906. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.344°N, 62.935°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 36 had a population of 1,253: 667 male and 586 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. 36 shared boundaries with:

• Township No. 35
• Township No. 37
• Township No. 48

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,253 total population, 667 males, 586 females, 327 married persons, 208 families, 164 married males, 163 married females, 63 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 863 single persons under 18, 477 single males under 18, 386 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,250 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 204 houses, 204 occupied houses, 202 houses built of wood, 198 houses of 1 story, 84 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 114,306 bushels of potatoes, 47,785 bushels of oats, 24,964 bushels of turnips, 19,059 pounds of homemade butter, 17,825 acres of land in farms, 9,992 acres of improved land in farms, 7,833 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,661 acres of farmland under crops, 6,788 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,768 chickens, 4,728 bushels of winter wheat, 3,698 bushels of spring wheat, 2,307 acres of oats, 2,277 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,871 sheep, 1,852 acres of hay crops, 1,422 tons of hay, 1,269 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 774 bushels of barley, 756 bushels of buckwheat, 711 acres of potatoes, 654 sheep slaughtered or sold, 622 milk cows, 545 acres of wheat, 515 other cattle, 440 swine slaughtered or sold, 407 swine, 339 horses aged over 3 years, 244 geese, 214 occupants of farms, 212 cattle killed or sold, 204 farm occupants who own their land, 162 horses aged 3 years and under, 151 bushels of peas, 135 ducks, 103 bushels of beans, 90 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 78 turkeys, 65 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 54 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 53 acres of turnips, 52 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 37 acres of barley, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 bushels of corn, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 other fowl, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE136014 — 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 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. 36, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-36-pe136014-1891/.