Township No. 6, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 6 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,100. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259955. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.717°N, 64.171°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 6 had a population of 1,100: 538 male and 562 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 769 |
| 1881 | 1,100 |
| 1891 | 1,446 |
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. 6 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,100 total population, 562 females, 538 males, 329 married persons, 179 families, 165 married females, 164 married males, 30 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 741 single persons under 18, 377 single females under 18, 364 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 179 occupied houses, 177 inhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 37,840 bushels of potatoes, 24,224 bushels of oats, 7,105 bushels of spring wheat, 6,395 bushels of turnips, 1,040 bushels of buckwheat, 980 tons of hay, 919 bushels of barley, 898 acres of hay crops, 524 acres of wheat, 298 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 64 bushels of corn, 22 bushels of peas and beans, 16 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 736 barrels of mackerel, 180 fathoms of fishing nets, 42 quintals of cod, 40 barrels of herring or alewives, 22 gallons of fish oil, 13 men on fishing boats, 9 barrels of gaspareaux, 7 barrels of eels, 5 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 4 fishing boats, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 24,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,100 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:
PE001006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259955
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_6,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_6
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. 6, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-6-pe001006-1881/.