Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township No. 4, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 4 was a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,258. 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 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 378 |
| Number of families | 378 |
| Number of females | 1,071 |
| Number of males | 1,187 |
| Number of married females | 332 |
| Number of married males | 333 |
| Number of married persons | 665 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 55 |
| POP TOT | 2,258 |
| Total population | 2,258 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 701 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 837 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,538 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 365 |
| Number of occupied houses | 370 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,447 |
| Acres of potatoes | 524 |
| Acres of wheat | 952 |
| BAR BU | 1,499 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,499 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,060 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 229 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 45,595 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 415 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 82 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 74,612 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 12,481 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 21,480 |
| BWT BU | 1,060 |
| CRN BU | 14 |
| HAY AC | 1,447 |
| HAY TONS | 1,910 |
| OAT BU | 45,595 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 82 |
| POT AC | 524 |
| POT BU | 74,612 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,910 |
| WHT AC | 952 |
| WHT SP BU | 12,481 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,044 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 6,935 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,062 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 495 |
| Number of fishing boats | 205 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 464 |
| Number of shoremen | 169 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 425,650 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 404 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 333 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,044 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 464 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 205 |
| C UNMD F | 701 |
| C UNMD M | 837 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,538 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 404 |
| D OCC | 370 |
| FEMALE | 1,071 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 495 |
| GRA BU | 229 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 365 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| HAD DX K | 333 |
| LOB XC P | 425,650 |
| MALE | 1,187 |
| MCK XB Q | 6,935 |
| MD F | 332 |
| MD M | 333 |
| MD TOT | 665 |
| NET XX F | 2,062 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 415 |
| SHAN | 5 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 169 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 21,480 |
| WID F | 38 |
| WID M | 17 |
| WID TOT | 55 |
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: 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. 4, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-4-pe001004-1881/.