Township No. 50, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 50 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,501. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259928. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.173°N, 62.865°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 50 had a population of 1,501: 778 male and 723 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,511 |
| 1881 | 1,501 |
| 1891 | 1,376 |
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. 50 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,501 total population, 778 males, 723 females, 378 married persons, 233 families, 189 married females, 189 married males, 73 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,050 single persons under 18, 568 single males under 18, 482 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 233 inhabited houses, 233 occupied houses, 9 houses under construction, 9 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 143,937 bushels of potatoes, 82,051 bushels of oats, 43,480 bushels of turnips, 9,732 bushels of spring wheat, 3,692 tons of hay, 2,643 acres of hay crops, 1,722 bushels of barley, 818 acres of potatoes, 816 acres of wheat, 713 bushels of other root crops, 552 bushels of buckwheat, 386 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 9 barrels of mackerel, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 56 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,501 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:
PE002018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259928
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_50,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_50_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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. 50, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-50-pe002018-1881/.