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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259924

Township No. 49, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 49 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,661. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.220°N, 62.896°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 49 had a population of 1,661.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,661
18811,731
18911,543

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 49 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 91 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,661 total population, 436 married persons, 240 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 537 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,225 single persons, 1 insane persons, 8 persons married, 40 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 108 males aged under 5, 250 males aged 5 to 16, 96 males aged 16 to 21, 209 males aged 21 to 45, 82 males aged 45 to 60, 52 males over 60, 142 females aged 0 to 5, 227 females aged 5 to 16, 138 females aged 16 to 21, 223 females aged 21-45, 75 females aged 45-60, 59 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 96 persons originating in Ireland, 19 persons originating in Scotland, 13 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 14 persons originating in England, 39 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,480 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 47 members of the Church of England, 289 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 831 Roman Catholics, 316 Methodists, 127 Baptists, 29 Bible Christians, 22 Universalists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 churches, 6 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 86,767 bushels of oats, 84,680 bushels of potatoes, 24,257 pounds of homemade butter, 15,965 bushels of turnips, 4,911 bushels of wheat, 3,054 sheep, 2,915 bushels of barley, 2,416 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,739 tons of hay, 903 swine, 601 bushels of buckwheat, 509 horses, 176 bushels of other root crops, 27 bushels of beans, 12 bushels of corn, 10.75 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 19,039 acres of farmland owned, 707 acres of farmland rented, 202 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 101 persons holding farmland of first quality, 84 persons holding farmland of second quality, 39 persons holding farmland of third quality, 10,679 acres of farmland in arable land, 17 bushels of clover seed, 360 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£178 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 657 pounds of flax, 609 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 211 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 31 farming mills, 41 hay mowing machines, 52 hay-making machines, 4 hay elevators, 35 mud-digging machines, 76 other machines, 33 threshing machines, 1,242 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,167 yards of fulled cloth, 6 saw mills, 3 grist mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5 stamping machines, 299 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 571 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 8,183 yards of not-fulled cloth, 4,000 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 2 lime kilns, 15 carriages and sleighs, 9 sewing machines, 4 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 110 barrels of herring or alewives, 36 barrels of mackerel, 9 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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. 49, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-49-pe002018-1871/.