Township No. 49, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 49 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,543. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.220°N, 62.896°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 49 had a population of 1,543: 775 male and 768 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Township No. 49 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,543 total population, 775 males, 768 females, 438 married persons, 257 families, 219 married females, 219 married males, 67 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,038 single persons under 18, 538 single males under 18, 500 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,542 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 256 occupied houses, 255 houses, 253 houses built of wood, 244 houses of 1 story, 145 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 172,533 bushels of potatoes, 67,475 bushels of oats, 61,539 bushels of turnips, 46,352 pounds of homemade butter, 22,182 acres of land in farms, 14,310 acres of improved land in farms, 12,098 chickens, 11,957 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,594 acres of farmland under crops, 7,872 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,524 bushels of spring wheat, 4,564 bushels of winter wheat, 3,896 sheep, 3,688 tons of hay, 3,614 acres of hay crops, 3,608 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,224 acres of oats, 2,976 bushels of barley, 2,355 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,238 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,209 bushels of buckwheat, 1,120 acres of wheat, 1,010 swine, 987 acres of potatoes, 987 other cattle, 960 milk cows, 655 swine slaughtered or sold, 510 horses aged over 3 years, 339 geese, 323 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 323 cattle killed or sold, 268 occupants of farms, 252 farm occupants who own their land, 230 turkeys, 228 horses aged 3 years and under, 220 ducks, 155 bushels of peas, 119 acres of barley, 115 acres of turnips, 108 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 85 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 71 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 42 bushels of beans, 40 other fowl, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE136017— 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 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. 49, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-49-pe136017-1891/.