Township No. 49, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 49 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,731. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.220°N, 62.896°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 49 had a population of 1,731: 877 male and 854 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,661 |
| 1881 | 1,731 |
| 1891 | 1,543 |
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. 49 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,731 total population, 877 males, 854 females, 448 married persons, 264 families, 225 married males, 223 married females, 62 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,221 single persons under 18, 632 single males under 18, 589 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 256 inhabited houses, 256 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 158,495 bushels of potatoes, 93,771 bushels of oats, 36,708 bushels of turnips, 8,858 bushels of spring wheat, 4,062 tons of hay, 3,802 bushels of other root crops, 3,206 acres of hay crops, 1,702 bushels of barley, 947 acres of potatoes, 804 acres of wheat, 503 bushels of buckwheat, 489 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 130 bushels of peas and beans, 73 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 28 quintals of cod, 24 barrels of mackerel, 11 fishing boats, 11 men on fishing boats, 5 barrels of other fish, 4 barrels of eels, 4 barrels of herring or alewives, 2 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 215 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,731 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:
PE002017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259924
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_49,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_49_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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. 49, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-49-pe002017-1881/.