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Year: 1891  |  Province: Prince Edward Island

Township No. 6, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 6 was a township in Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,446. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.717°N, 64.171°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 6 had a population of 1,446: 732 male and 714 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871769
18811,100
18911,446

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. 6 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families6.70
FAM NO215
Number of families215
Number of females714
Number of males732
Number of married females208
Number of married males206
Number of married persons414
Number of widowed females17
Number of widowed males11
Number of widowed persons28
POP F714
POP M732
POP TOT1,446
Total population1,446
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18489
Number of single males under 18515
Number of single persons under 181,004
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians527
Number of persons who are not French Canadian919
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses214
Number of houses built of wood214
Number of houses of 1 room11
Number of houses of 1 story213
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms2
Number of houses of 2 rooms61
Number of houses of 2 stories1
Number of houses of 3 rooms33
Number of houses of 4 rooms34
Number of houses of 5 rooms14
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms59
Number of occupied houses214
Agriculture (60 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley90
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards29
Acres of farmland in pasture688
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest7,301
Acres of farmland under crops6,923
Acres of hay crops1,269
Acres of improved land in farms7,640
Acres of land in farms14,941
Acres of oats1,704
Acres of potatoes378
Acres of turnips31
Acres of wheat767
BAR AC90
BAR BU1,514
Bushels of barley produced in the past year1,514
Bushels of beans produced in the past year10
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year1,577
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year202
Bushels of corn produced in the past year4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year32,284
Bushels of peas produced in the past year22
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year56,583
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year10,397
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year10,330
BWT BU1,577
CRN BU4
HAY AC1,269
HAY TONS1,068
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year211
Number of chickens4,617
Number of ducks24
Number of farm occupants who own their land202
Number of geese153
Number of horses aged 3 years and under132
Number of horses aged over 3 years255
Number of milk cows465
Number of occupants of farms202
Number of other cattle433
Number of oxen1
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres29
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres60
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres82
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres8
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres23
Number of sheep1,213
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold504
Number of swine472
Number of swine slaughtered or sold377
Number of turkeys13
OAT AC1,704
OAT BU32,284
PEA BU22
POT AC378
POT BU56,583
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year4,658
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year99
Pounds of homemade butter20,818
Tons of hay produced in the past year1,068
WHT AC767
WHT SP BU10,397
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20029
A 11 5060
A 201 PL8
A 51 10082
BEN BU10
BUTTER LB20,818
CATTLE KS211
CHILD AND UNMD FEM489
CHILD AND UNMD MALE515
CHILD AND UNMD TOT1,004
COARSE WOOL LB4,658
COLTS FILLIES132
DUCKS24
FAMILIES215
FAMILIES AV SIZE6.70
FINE WOOL LB99
FRN CA527
GEESE153
GRA BU202
HENS AND CHKN4,617
HORSES OVR THREE255
HOUSES214
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM2
HOUSES FIVE RM14
HOUSES FOUR RM34
HOUSES ONE RM11
HOUSES ONE STRY213
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM59
HOUSES THREE RM33
HOUSES TWO RM61
HOUSES TWO STRY1
HOUSES W214
INF 11 A23
MD FEM208
MD MALE206
MD TOT414
MILK COWS465
NAME CDPrince
OC P202
OC TOT202
OTHER HRN CATTLE433
OTHERS919
SHEEP1,213
SHEEP KS504
SUP AM7,640
SUP FOR7,301
SUP JV29
SUP PAT688
SUP SC6,923
SUP TOT14,941
SWINE472
SWINE KS377
TOT DWLG OCC214
TUR AC31
TUR BU10,330
TURKEY13
WID FEM17
WID MALE11
WID TOT28
WORKING OX1

Identifiers

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. 6, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-6-pe135007-1891/.