Township No. 45, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 45 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,997. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259920. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.410°N, 62.255°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 45 had a population of 1,997: 985 male and 1,012 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Township No. 45 shared boundaries with:

• Township 44
• Township 46

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,997 total population, 1,012 females, 985 males, 557 married persons, 369 families, 279 married females, 278 married males, 92 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,348 single persons under 18, 686 single males under 18, 662 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,785 persons who are not French Canadian, 212 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 364 houses, 364 houses built of wood, 364 occupied houses, 202 houses of 2 stories, 188 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 145 houses of 1 story, 67 houses of 4 rooms, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 stories, 9 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 75,140 bushels of potatoes, 32,456 bushels of oats, 19,192 pounds of homemade butter, 16,779 acres of land in farms, 8,885 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,894 acres of improved land in farms, 6,484 acres of farmland under crops, 6,137 bushels of turnips, 5,447 chickens, 5,177 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,988 bushels of spring wheat, 3,264 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,266 bushels of barley, 1,903 tons of hay, 1,787 acres of oats, 1,746 acres of hay crops, 1,506 sheep, 1,394 acres of farmland in pasture, 818 swine, 663 sheep slaughtered or sold, 649 milk cows, 596 cattle killed or sold, 570 other cattle, 570 swine slaughtered or sold, 473 acres of potatoes, 371 acres of wheat, 363 horses aged over 3 years, 352 geese, 231 occupants of farms, 215 farm occupants who own their land, 156 acres of barley, 108 horses aged 3 years and under, 85 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 acres of turnips, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 turkeys, 8 oxen, 6 ducks, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 other fowl, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: PE134009 — 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-45-pe134009-1891/.