Township No. 53, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 53 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,229. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.264°N, 62.616°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 53 had a population of 1,229: 631 male and 598 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Township No. 53 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,229 total population, 631 males, 598 females, 333 married persons, 204 families, 168 married males, 165 married females, 56 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 840 single persons under 18, 446 single males under 18, 394 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,229 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 202 occupied houses, 200 houses, 200 houses built of wood, 177 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 124,298 bushels of potatoes, 32,514 bushels of oats, 18,203 bushels of turnips, 17,967 pounds of homemade butter, 16,723 acres of land in farms, 8,801 acres of improved land in farms, 8,514 bushels of spring wheat, 7,922 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,888 chickens, 6,171 acres of farmland under crops, 5,892 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,585 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,958 acres of hay crops, 1,832 sheep, 1,721 tons of hay, 1,619 acres of oats, 1,043 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,009 bushels of barley, 756 acres of potatoes, 642 swine, 632 other cattle, 613 acres of wheat, 572 milk cows, 559 sheep slaughtered or sold, 421 bushels of buckwheat, 368 geese, 360 swine slaughtered or sold, 306 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 300 horses aged over 3 years, 260 cattle killed or sold, 195 occupants of farms, 186 farm occupants who own their land, 138 ducks, 93 horses aged 3 years and under, 74 turkeys, 73 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 54 acres of barley, 54 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 45 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 37 acres of turnips, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 bushels of beans, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 other fowl, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE134014— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-53-pe134014-1891/.