Township No. 45, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 45 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,079. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259920. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 62.255°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 45 had a population of 2,079: 1,060 male and 1,019 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 45 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,079 total population, 1,060 males, 1,019 females, 575 married persons, 364 families, 288 married males, 287 married females, 92 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,412 single persons under 18, 756 single males under 18, 656 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 364 inhabited houses, 364 occupied houses, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 61,713 bushels of potatoes, 39,262 bushels of oats, 4,809 bushels of spring wheat, 4,157 bushels of turnips, 2,585 bushels of barley, 1,910 tons of hay, 1,389 acres of hay crops, 469 acres of potatoes, 350 acres of wheat, 145 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 84 bushels of other root crops, 70 bushels of winter wheat, 14 bushels of peas and beans, 5 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,606 quintals of cod, 2,576 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,279 barrels of mackerel, 817 barrels of herring or alewives, 723 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 194 men on fishing boats, 109 fishing boats, 60 gallons of fish oil, 8 barrels of gaspareaux, 5 barrels of halibut, 4 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 229,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Rena Maude McLean | 1879–1918 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,079 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:
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 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. 45, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-45-pe003003-1881/.