Township No. 4, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 4 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,258. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259925. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.811°N, 64.163°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 4 had a population of 2,258: 1,187 male and 1,071 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 4 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 2,258 total population, 1,187 males, 1,071 females, 665 married persons, 378 families, 333 married males, 332 married females, 55 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,538 single persons under 18, 837 single males under 18, 701 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 370 occupied houses, 365 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 74,612 bushels of potatoes, 45,595 bushels of oats, 21,480 bushels of turnips, 12,481 bushels of spring wheat, 1,910 tons of hay, 1,499 bushels of barley, 1,447 acres of hay crops, 1,060 bushels of buckwheat, 952 acres of wheat, 524 acres of potatoes, 415 bushels of other root crops, 229 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 82 bushels of peas and beans, 14 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 6,935 barrels of mackerel, 2,062 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,044 barrels of herring or alewives, 495 gallons of fish oil, 464 men on fishing boats, 404 quintals of cod, 333 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 205 fishing boats, 169 shoremen, 3 barrels of other fish, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 425,650 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 2,258 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:
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 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. 4, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-4-pe001004-1881/.