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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259908

Township No. 37, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 37 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,355. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259908. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.349°N, 62.867°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 37 had a population of 1,355.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,355
18811,675
18911,395

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 37 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,355 total population, 378 married persons, 208 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 610 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 977 single persons, 16 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 115 males aged under 5, 188 males aged 5 to 16, 74 males aged 16 to 21, 161 males aged 21 to 45, 92 males aged 45 to 60, 45 males over 60, 104 females aged 0 to 5, 183 females aged 5 to 16, 104 females aged 16 to 21, 177 females aged 21-45, 75 females aged 45-60, 37 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 86 persons originating in Ireland, 6 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 15 persons originating in England, 12 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,236 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 62 members of the Church of England, 219 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 16 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 1,040 Roman Catholics, 10 Methodists, 3 Baptists, 5 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 7 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 47,255 bushels of potatoes, 37,260 bushels of oats, 9,222 pounds of homemade butter, 3,329 bushels of wheat, 3,227 bushels of turnips, 2,530 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,879 sheep, 1,820 swine, 1,818 bushels of barley, 355 horses, 348 bushels of buckwheat, 290 tons of hay, 126 bushels of winter wheat, 14 bushels of peas, 10 bushels of corn, 6 bushels of other root crops, 4 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 12,195 acres of farmland owned, 4,776 acres of farmland rented, 42 persons holding farmland of first quality, 102 persons holding farmland of second quality, 27 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,959 acres of farmland in arable land, 36 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£62 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 217 pounds of flax, 140 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 61 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 5 farming mills, 5 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 14 mud-digging machines, 13 other machines, 21 threshing machines, 791 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,346 yards of fulled cloth, 3 grist mills, 3 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 stamping machines, 175 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 385 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,687 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2,800 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 3 shingle and lath mills, 2 lime kilns, 1,000 barrels of lime, 5,691 yards of cloth, 6 sewing machines, 2 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 536 barrels of mackerel, 500 barrels of herring or alewives, 111 gallons of fish oil, 19 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 fishing establishments, 230 quintals of codfish or hake, 11 men employed in fishing, 1 fishing barrels — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-37-pe002016-1871/.