Township No. 60, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 60 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,064. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259943. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.035°N, 62.805°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 60 had a population of 1,064: 511 male and 553 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 961 |
| 1881 | 1,064 |
| 1891 | 971 |
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. 60 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,064 total population, 553 females, 511 males, 294 married persons, 173 families, 147 married females, 147 married males, 41 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 729 single persons under 18, 375 single females under 18, 354 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 173 occupied houses, 172 inhabited houses, 15 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,403 bushels of potatoes, 32,379 bushels of oats, 3,823 bushels of spring wheat, 2,527 bushels of turnips, 880 acres of hay crops, 800 tons of hay, 283 acres of wheat, 250 acres of potatoes, 206 bushels of buckwheat, 103 bushels of barley, 91 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of other root crops, 5 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 192 fathoms of fishing nets, 40 gallons of fish oil, 33 quintals of cod, 22 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 10 barrels of mackerel, 7 men on fishing boats, 5 barrels of herring or alewives, 5 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza Margaret Mackenzie | 1879–1937 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,064 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:
PE002021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259943
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_60,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_60_(%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. 60, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-60-pe002021-1881/.