Township No. 53, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 53 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,120. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.264°N, 62.616°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 53 had a population of 1,120.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,120 |
| 1881 | 1,225 |
| 1891 | 1,229 |
| 1901 | 1,395 |
| 1911 | 958 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 53 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,120 total population, 309 married persons, 160 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 12 blind persons, 316 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 811 single persons, 1 insane persons, 2 persons married, 13 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 85 males aged under 5, 156 males aged 5 to 16, 79 males aged 16 to 21, 179 males aged 21 to 45, 45 males aged 45 to 60, 35 males over 60, 70 females aged 0 to 5, 144 females aged 5 to 16, 88 females aged 16 to 21, 162 females aged 21-45, 45 females aged 45-60, 32 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 59 persons originating in Ireland, 43 persons originating in all other places, 14 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 640 persons originating in England, 47 persons originating in the British Provinces, 104 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 82 members of the Church of England, 46 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 224 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 645 Roman Catholics, 17 Methodists, 106 Baptists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 866 churches, 1 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 44,928 bushels of potatoes, 30,853 bushels of oats, 5,286 horses, 1,404 bushels of barley, 1,329 bushels of wheat, 736 swine, 635 bushels of turnips, 321 bushels of buckwheat, 306 bushels of peas, 252 sheep, 237 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 17 pounds of homemade butter, 0 bushels of beans, 0 tons of hay. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 12,284 acres of farmland owned, 701 acres of farmland rented, 20 persons holding farmland of first quality, 115 persons holding farmland of second quality, 4 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,992 acres of farmland in arable land, 3 bushels of clover seed, 18 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£1 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 7 pounds of flax, 430 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 808 farming mills, 7,166 hay mowing machines, 6 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 6 mud-digging machines, 1,876 threshing machines, 10 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 138 yards of fulled cloth, 5 tanneries, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 stamping machines, 10 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 287 yards of not-fulled cloth, 6 breweries and distilleries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 2 shingle and lath mills, 1 lime kilns, 2 brick kilns, 100 bricks — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 12 gallons of fish oil. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 men employed in fishing, 6 fishing barrels, 3 cooper's shops — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE139013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259931
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_53,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_53_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
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. 53, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-53-pe003014-1871/.