Township No. 45, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 45 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,622. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259920. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 62.255°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 45 had a population of 1,622.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,622 |
| 1881 | 2,079 |
| 1891 | 1,997 |
| 1901 | 1,995 |
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 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 45 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,622 total population, 409 married persons, 260 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 blind persons, 641 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,213 single persons, 3 insane persons, 28 persons married, 29 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 98 males aged under 5, 231 males aged 5 to 16, 110 males aged 16 to 21, 265 males aged 21 to 45, 85 males aged 45 to 60, 53 males over 60, 84 females aged 0 to 5, 183 females aged 5 to 16, 121 females aged 16 to 21, 275 females aged 21-45, 77 females aged 45-60, 40 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 48 persons originating in Scotland, 33 persons originating in Ireland, 18 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 persons originating in England, 76 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,442 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 33 members of the Church of England, 40 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1,468 Roman Catholics, 20 Methodists, 49 Baptists, 12 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 8 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 53,591 bushels of potatoes, 53,155 bushels of oats, 15,046 pounds of homemade butter, 5,483 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,121 bushels of barley, 2,718 sheep, 2,491 bushels of wheat, 1,244 swine, 1,159 bushels of turnips, 949 tons of hay, 430 horses, 115 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 20,199 acres of farmland owned, 385 acres of farmland rented, 460 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 140 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 143 persons holding farmland of first quality, 61 persons holding farmland of second quality, 3 persons holding farmland of third quality, 6,095 acres of farmland in arable land, 110 bushels of timothy grass seed, 1,616 pounds of flax, 24 farming mills, 9 hay mowing machines, 2 hay-making machines, 3 mud-digging machines, 24 threshing machines, 1,275 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,118 yards of fulled cloth, 7 saw mills, 2 grist mills, 0 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 226 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 412 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 7,515 yards of not-fulled cloth, 6 shingle and lath mills, 1 lime kilns, 300 barrels of lime, 10 carriages and sleighs, 3 sewing machines, 5 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 2,120 barrels of mackerel, 1,819 gallons of fish oil, 460 barrels of herring or alewives, 87 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 20 fishing establishments, 2,605 quintals of codfish or hake, 31 men employed in fishing, 3,610 fishing barrels, 3 cooper's shops, 5,887 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE132009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259920
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_45,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_45
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. 45, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-45-pe003003-1871/.