Township No. 39, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 39 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 847. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259911. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.378°N, 62.738°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 39 had a population of 847: 425 male and 422 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 781 |
| 1881 | 847 |
| 1891 | 957 |
| 1901 | 1,036 |
| 1911 | 1,010 |
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. 39 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 847 total population, 425 males, 422 females, 220 married persons, 141 families, 110 married females, 110 married males, 41 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 20 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 586 single persons under 18, 294 single males under 18, 292 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 141 occupied houses, 140 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 52,442 bushels of potatoes, 28,937 bushels of oats, 5,227 bushels of spring wheat, 4,875 bushels of turnips, 1,004 tons of hay, 955 acres of hay crops, 743 bushels of barley, 410 acres of wheat, 399 bushels of buckwheat, 371 acres of potatoes, 133 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 50 bushels of other root crops, 26 bushels of peas and beans, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,768 fathoms of fishing nets, 450 barrels of mackerel, 185 barrels of gaspareaux, 142 quintals of cod, 68 men on fishing boats, 42 barrels of herring or alewives, 26 gallons of fish oil, 26 fishing boats, 9 barrels of eels, 5 barrels of salmon, 3 barrels of trout, 3 quintals of fascines fish, 3 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2 shoremen, 1 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 847 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:
PE003009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE139002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259911
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_39,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_39_(%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. 39, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-39-pe003009-1881/.