Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 37, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 37 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,675. 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 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 290 |
| Number of families | 290 |
| Number of females | 837 |
| Number of males | 838 |
| Number of married females | 222 |
| Number of married males | 230 |
| Number of married persons | 452 |
| Number of widowed females | 50 |
| Number of widowed males | 24 |
| Number of widowed persons | 74 |
| POP TOT | 1,675 |
| Total population | 1,675 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 565 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 584 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,149 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 280 |
| Number of occupied houses | 282 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,125 |
| Acres of potatoes | 591 |
| Acres of wheat | 559 |
| BAR BU | 1,266 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,266 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 336 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 83 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 39,908 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 86,780 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,883 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 11,772 |
| BWT BU | 336 |
| CRN BU | 20 |
| HAY AC | 1,125 |
| HAY TONS | 1,193 |
| OAT BU | 39,908 |
| POT AC | 591 |
| POT BU | 86,780 |
| RYE BU | 100 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,193 |
| WHT AC | 559 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,883 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 216 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 584 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2,947 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,562 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 74 |
| Number of fishing boats | 49 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 111 |
| Number of shoremen | 6 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 40,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 366 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 584 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 111 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 49 |
| C UNMD F | 565 |
| C UNMD M | 584 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,149 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 366 |
| D OCC | 282 |
| EEL XB Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 837 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 74 |
| GRA BU | 83 |
| GSP XB Q | 216 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 280 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| LOB XC P | 40,000 |
| MALE | 838 |
| MCK XB Q | 2,947 |
| MD F | 222 |
| MD M | 230 |
| MD TOT | 452 |
| NET XX F | 1,562 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 4 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 6 |
| SLM XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 11,772 |
| VESS | 2 |
| WID F | 50 |
| WID M | 24 |
| WID TOT | 74 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.