Township No. 37, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 37 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,675. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259908. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.349°N, 62.867°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 37 had a population of 1,675: 838 male and 837 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,355 |
| 1881 | 1,675 |
| 1891 | 1,395 |
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. 37 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 1,675 total population, 838 males, 837 females, 452 married persons, 290 families, 230 married males, 222 married females, 74 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,149 single persons under 18, 584 single males under 18, 565 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 282 occupied houses, 280 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 86,780 bushels of potatoes, 39,908 bushels of oats, 11,772 bushels of turnips, 5,883 bushels of spring wheat, 1,266 bushels of barley, 1,193 tons of hay, 1,125 acres of hay crops, 591 acres of potatoes, 559 acres of wheat, 336 bushels of buckwheat, 100 bushels of rye, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,947 barrels of mackerel, 1,562 fathoms of fishing nets, 584 barrels of herring or alewives, 366 quintals of cod, 216 barrels of gaspareaux, 111 men on fishing boats, 74 gallons of fish oil, 49 fishing boats, 6 shoremen, 4 barrels of eels, 3 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 40,000 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 1,675 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:
PE002015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259908
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_37,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_37_(%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. 37, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-37-pe002015-1881/.