Township No. 48, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 48 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,506. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q581975. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.238°N, 63.000°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 48 had a population of 1,506: 769 male and 737 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,412 |
| 1881 | 1,506 |
| 1891 | 1,355 |
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. 48 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,506 total population, 769 males, 737 females, 417 married persons, 255 families, 209 married females, 208 married males, 66 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,023 single persons under 18, 536 single males under 18, 487 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 250 inhabited houses, 250 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 167,365 bushels of potatoes, 79,060 bushels of oats, 48,240 bushels of turnips, 11,193 bushels of spring wheat, 5,723 bushels of other root crops, 4,337 tons of hay, 2,887 acres of hay crops, 2,502 bushels of barley, 986 acres of potatoes, 911 acres of wheat, 597 bushels of buckwheat, 417 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 bushels of peas and beans, 24 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,506 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:
PE002016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q581975
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_48,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_48
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. 48, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-48-pe002016-1881/.