Township No. 53, Prince Edward Island (1911 census)
Township No. 53 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 958. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.264°N, 62.616°W.
Population
In 1911, Township No. 53 had a population of 958: 484 male and 474 female residents. Population density was 27.1 people per square mile.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Montague, T-V, 1921 (3.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Township No. 53 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,585 area in acres, 958 total population, 484 males in the population, 474 females in the population, 332 single (never-married) males, 289 single (never-married) females, 183 families, 141 married females, 132 married males, 44 widowed females, 35.29 area in square miles, 27.15 population per square mile, 19 widowed males, 1 legally separated males. 1,395 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 547 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 274 persons of British origin (Irish), 98 persons of British origin (English), 30 persons of French origin, 6 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 600 Roman Catholics, 285 Presbyterians, 33 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 26 Baptists, 10 Methodists, 3 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 182 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE139013— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-53-pe139013-1911/.