Township No. 48, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 48 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,412. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q581975. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.238°N, 63.000°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 48 had a population of 1,412.
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).
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 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 48 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,412 total population, 367 married persons, 214 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 632 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,045 single persons, 13 persons married, 23 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 96 males aged under 5, 204 males aged 5 to 16, 126 males aged 16 to 21, 166 males aged 21 to 45, 98 males aged 45 to 60, 37 males over 60, 74 females aged 0 to 5, 191 females aged 5 to 16, 125 females aged 16 to 21, 195 females aged 21-45, 70 females aged 45-60, 30 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 59 persons originating in Ireland, 37 persons originating in Scotland, 12 Indigenous females, 9 Indigenous males, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 26 persons originating in England, 21 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,268 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 38 members of the Church of England, 47 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 328 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 388 Roman Catholics, 318 Methodists, 287 Baptists, 6 Bible Christians — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 4 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 73,489 bushels of potatoes, 65,261 bushels of oats, 17,353 pounds of homemade butter, 10,365 bushels of turnips, 5,928 bushels of wheat, 3,836 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,162 sheep, 2,352 bushels of barley, 1,400 tons of hay, 474 swine, 383 bushels of buckwheat, 372 horses, 8 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 23 threshing machines, 895 cattle, 5,721 acres of farmland owned, 10,857 acres of farmland rented, 130 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 28 persons holding farmland of first quality, 92 persons holding farmland of second quality, 50 persons holding farmland of third quality, 9,014 acres of farmland in arable land, 17 bushels of clover seed, 197 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£102 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 415 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 14 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 40 farming mills, 33 hay mowing machines, 28 mud-digging machines, 1 other machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,808 yards of fulled cloth, 3 grist mills, 3 saw mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4,581 yards of not-fulled cloth, 6,000 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 shingle and lath mills, 2 lime kilns, 500 barrels of lime, 7 brick kilns, 1,280,000 bricks, 8,337 yards of cloth, 11 sewing machines, 9 pianos, melodeons, and organs, 2 stamping machines, 303 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 227 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002017— 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 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. 48, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-48-pe002017-1871/.