Township No. 4, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 4 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259925. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.811°N, 64.163°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 4 had a population of 1,460.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,460 |
| 1881 | 2,258 |
| 1891 | 2,396 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 4 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 95 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,460 total population, 400 married persons, 240 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 deaf and dumb persons, 526 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,060 single persons, 1 insane persons, 1 persons married, 53 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 154 males aged under 5, 205 males aged 5 to 16, 90 males aged 16 to 21, 266 males aged 21 to 45, 50 males aged 45 to 60, 36 males over 60, 128 females aged 0 to 5, 172 females aged 5 to 16, 76 females aged 16 to 21, 194 females aged 21-45, 59 females aged 45-60, 30 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 35 persons originating in Ireland, 17 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 30 persons originating in England, 85 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,286 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 181 members of the Church of England, 615 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 539 Roman Catholics, 111 Methodists, 7 Baptists, 6 Bible Christians, 1 Universalists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 47,750 bushels of potatoes, 23,038 bushels of oats, 10,275 pounds of homemade butter, 6,610 bushels of turnips, 5,714 bushels of wheat, 1,555 sheep, 1,507 bushels of barley, 1,045 bushels of buckwheat, 604 tons of hay, 524 swine, 316 horses, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7 bushels of peas, 7 pounds of tobacco, 0.75 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 15,776 acres of farmland owned, 165 acres of farmland rented, 156 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 62 persons holding farmland of first quality, 119 persons holding farmland of second quality, 32 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,447 acres of farmland in arable land, 114 bushels of clover seed, 88 bushels of timothy grass seed, 32 pounds of flax, 604 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 21 farming mills, 10 hay mowing machines, 16 hay-making machines, 33 mud-digging machines, 18 other machines, 7 threshing machines, 695 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,123 yards of fulled cloth, 5 tanneries, 3 saw mills, 2 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 shingle and lath mills, 99 carriages and sleighs, 7,618 yards of cloth, 12 sewing machines, 12 pianos, melodeons, and organs, 1 flax manufactories, 3 stamping machines, 177 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 412 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,495 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1,900 pounds of leather produced in tanneries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 2,294 barrels of mackerel, 1,952 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,201 gallons of fish oil, 75 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2,261 quintals of codfish or hake, 206 men employed in fishing, 21,600 fishing barrels, 9 cooper's shops, 1,063 pounds of hake sounds cured, 15 fishing establishments — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 27 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
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 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Herbert Bell | 1818–1876 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259925
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_4,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_4
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. 4, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-4-pe001004-1871/.