Township No. 58, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 58 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,258. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.073°N, 62.840°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 58 had a population of 1,258.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,258 |
| 1881 | 1,343 |
| 1891 | 1,246 |
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. 58 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,258 total population, 372 married persons, 183 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 849 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 886 single persons, 3 insane persons, 7 persons married, 32 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 105 males aged under 5, 167 males aged 5 to 16, 69 males aged 16 to 21, 159 males aged 21 to 45, 65 males aged 45 to 60, 48 males over 60, 84 females aged 0 to 5, 165 females aged 5 to 16, 91 females aged 16 to 21, 186 females aged 21-45, 71 females aged 45-60, 48 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 133 persons originating in Scotland, 49 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in England, 32 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,040 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 members of the Church of England, 209 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 769 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 255 Roman Catholics, 24 Baptists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 6 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 42,390 bushels of oats, 35,950 bushels of potatoes, 9,438 pounds of homemade butter, 2,885 bushels of wheat, 2,331 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,263 sheep, 1,192 bushels of turnips, 633 bushels of barley, 478 swine, 408 tons of hay, 292 horses, 128 bushels of buckwheat, 7 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 14,743 acres of farmland owned, 356 acres of farmland rented, 10 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 198 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 28 persons holding farmland of first quality, 84 persons holding farmland of second quality, 71 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,273 acres of farmland in arable land, 126 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£30 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 988 pounds of flax, 16 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 13 farming mills, 3 hay mowing machines, 9 hay-making machines, 1 mud-digging machines, 13 threshing machines, 829 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,076 yards of fulled cloth, 3 grist mills, 3 saw mills, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 tanneries. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 161 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 267 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 3,847 yards of not-fulled cloth, 20 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 4 shingle and lath mills, 3 lime kilns, 600 barrels of lime, 12,000 yards of cloth, 4 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 278 barrels of herring or alewives, 18 fishing boats, 10 gallons of fish oil. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 55 quintals of codfish or hake — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259938
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_58,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_58_(%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. 58, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-58-pe002021-1871/.