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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259940

Township No. 5, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 5 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 909. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259940. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.761°N, 64.185°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 5 had a population of 909.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871909
18811,465
18911,532

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. 5 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 95 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 909 total population, 244 married persons, 133 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 deaf and dumb persons, 462 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 665 single persons, 2 insane persons, 1 persons married, 17 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 84 males aged under 5, 131 males aged 5 to 16, 64 males aged 16 to 21, 110 males aged 21 to 45, 52 males aged 45 to 60, 22 males over 60, 89 females aged 0 to 5, 121 females aged 5 to 16, 66 females aged 16 to 21, 117 females aged 21-45, 38 females aged 45-60, 15 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 10 persons originating in Ireland, 9 persons originating in Scotland, 5 Indigenous females, 4 Indigenous males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 21 persons originating in England, 58 persons originating in the British Provinces, 811 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 103 members of the Church of England, 192 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 45 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 466 Roman Catholics, 69 Methodists, 25 Baptists, 6 Bible Christians, 2 Quakers, 1 Universalists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 3 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 33,380 bushels of potatoes, 15,382 bushels of oats, 5,018 bushels of wheat, 2,477 bushels of turnips, 1,536 pounds of homemade butter, 1,329 bushels of barley, 1,117 sheep, 989 bushels of buckwheat, 444 swine, 376 horses, 327 tons of hay, 159 bushels of winter wheat, 130 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 10 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 11,147 acres of farmland owned, 200 acres of farmland rented, 160 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 60 persons holding farmland of first quality, 47 persons holding farmland of second quality, 11 persons holding farmland of third quality, 7,667 acres of farmland in arable land, 5 bushels of clover seed, 72 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£3 s1 d0 value apples and other fruits, 163 pounds of flax, 757 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 5 farming mills, 5 hay mowing machines, 2 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 31 mud-digging machines, 1 other machines, 13 threshing machines, 506 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,484 yards of fulled cloth, 3 saw mills, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 112 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 115 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 4,050 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 shingle and lath mills, 25,614 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 535 barrels of herring or alewives, 194 gallons of fish oil, 140 barrels of mackerel, 26 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 281 quintals of codfish or hake, 19 men employed in fishing, 2,112 fishing barrels, 2 cooper's shops, 300 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 3 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. 5, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-5-pe001005-1871/.