Township No. 53, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 53 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,225. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.264°N, 62.616°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 53 had a population of 1,225: 629 male and 596 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 53 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,225 total population, 629 males, 596 females, 335 married persons, 201 families, 168 married males, 167 married females, 52 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 838 single persons under 18, 443 single males under 18, 395 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 197 inhabited houses, 197 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 102,884 bushels of potatoes, 34,310 bushels of oats, 9,012 bushels of turnips, 5,329 bushels of spring wheat, 1,524 tons of hay, 1,270 acres of hay crops, 824 bushels of barley, 628 acres of potatoes, 539 bushels of other root crops, 511 acres of wheat, 492 bushels of buckwheat, 163 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 71 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 279 fathoms of fishing nets, 122 barrels of mackerel, 49 quintals of cod, 24 men on fishing boats, 16 gallons of fish oil, 14 fishing boats, 12 barrels of herring or alewives, 8 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,225 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:
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 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. 53, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-53-pe003014-1881/.