Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township No. 5, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 5 was a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,465. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.761°N, 64.185°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 5 had a population of 1,465: 757 male and 708 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 909 |
| 1881 | 1,465 |
| 1891 | 1,532 |
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. 5 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 237 |
| Number of families | 237 |
| Number of females | 708 |
| Number of males | 757 |
| Number of married females | 220 |
| Number of married males | 221 |
| Number of married persons | 441 |
| Number of widowed females | 30 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP TOT | 1,465 |
| Total population | 1,465 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 458 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 524 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 982 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 12 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 236 |
| Number of occupied houses | 237 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,173 |
| Acres of potatoes | 413 |
| Acres of wheat | 685 |
| BAR BU | 1,645 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,645 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,600 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 201 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 88 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 36,703 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 48 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 55,038 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8,620 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 13,396 |
| BWT BU | 1,600 |
| CRN BU | 88 |
| HAY AC | 1,173 |
| HAY TONS | 1,473 |
| OAT BU | 36,703 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 63 |
| POT AC | 413 |
| POT BU | 55,038 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,473 |
| WHT AC | 685 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,620 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 999 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 3,417 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,626 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 259 |
| Number of fishing boats | 43 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 72 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 481 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 289 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 999 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 72 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 43 |
| C UNMD F | 458 |
| C UNMD M | 524 |
| C UNMD TOT | 982 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 481 |
| D OCC | 237 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 708 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 259 |
| GRA BU | 201 |
| GSP XB Q | 8 |
| H CON | 12 |
| H INHAB | 236 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| HAD DX K | 289 |
| MALE | 757 |
| MCK XB Q | 3,417 |
| MD F | 220 |
| MD M | 221 |
| MD TOT | 441 |
| NET XX F | 1,626 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 48 |
| OYS XB Q | 4 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 13,396 |
| WID F | 30 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 5, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-5-pe001005-1881/.