Township No. 57, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 57 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,085. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259936. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.118°N, 62.842°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 57 had a population of 2,085: 1,043 male and 1,042 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,934 |
| 1881 | 2,085 |
| 1891 | 2,001 |
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. 57 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,085 total population, 1,043 males, 1,042 females, 503 married persons, 320 families, 253 married males, 250 married females, 100 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,482 single persons under 18, 763 single males under 18, 719 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 319 inhabited houses, 319 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 132,491 bushels of potatoes, 81,049 bushels of oats, 21,546 bushels of turnips, 11,289 bushels of spring wheat, 2,962 tons of hay, 2,358 acres of hay crops, 782 acres of wheat, 736 acres of potatoes, 572 bushels of barley, 395 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 343 bushels of buckwheat, 300 bushels of other root crops, 67 bushels of peas and beans, 15 bushels of corn, 5 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 120 fathoms of fishing nets, 90 men on fishing boats, 46 fishing boats, 12 quintals of cod, 6 barrels of other fish, 4 barrels of mackerel, 3 barrels of herring or alewives, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 424,601 pounds of lobster canned, 34,183 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,085 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:
PE002019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259936
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_57,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_57_(%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. 57, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-57-pe002019-1881/.