Township No. 5, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 5 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,465. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259940. 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 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,465 total population, 757 males, 708 females, 441 married persons, 237 families, 221 married males, 220 married females, 42 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 982 single persons under 18, 524 single males under 18, 458 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 237 occupied houses, 236 inhabited houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 55,038 bushels of potatoes, 36,703 bushels of oats, 13,396 bushels of turnips, 8,620 bushels of spring wheat, 1,645 bushels of barley, 1,600 bushels of buckwheat, 1,473 tons of hay, 1,173 acres of hay crops, 685 acres of wheat, 413 acres of potatoes, 201 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 88 bushels of corn, 63 bushels of peas and beans, 48 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,417 barrels of mackerel, 1,626 fathoms of fishing nets, 999 barrels of herring or alewives, 481 quintals of cod, 289 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 259 gallons of fish oil, 72 men on fishing boats, 43 fishing boats, 8 barrels of gaspareaux, 3 barrels of other fish, 2 shoremen, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,465 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:
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: Q3259940
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_5,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_5
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/.