Township No. 60, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 60 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 961. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259943. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.035°N, 62.805°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 60 had a population of 961.
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).
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 (1.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 60 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 961 total population, 311 married persons, 167 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 637 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 650 single persons, 7 persons married, 29 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 71 males aged under 5, 140 males aged 5 to 16, 39 males aged 16 to 21, 122 males aged 21 to 45, 54 males aged 45 to 60, 35 males over 60, 76 females aged 0 to 5, 136 females aged 5 to 16, 54 females aged 16 to 21, 155 females aged 21-45, 40 females aged 45-60, 39 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 186 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 28 persons originating in the British Provinces, 747 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 417 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 491 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 39 Roman Catholics, 4 Methodists, 10 Baptists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 7 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 29,742 bushels of oats, 24,438 bushels of potatoes, 6,433 pounds of homemade butter, 2,095 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,680 sheep, 1,570 bushels of wheat, 388 tons of hay, 358 swine, 339 bushels of barley, 230 horses, 25 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 651 cattle, 15,428 acres of farmland owned, 34 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 52 persons holding farmland of first quality, 105 persons holding farmland of second quality, 7 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,628 acres of farmland in arable land, 85 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£5 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 784 pounds of flax, 5 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 6 threshing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,670 yards of fulled cloth, 3 saw mills, 1 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 shingle and lath mills, 11 carriages and sleighs, 6,994 yards of cloth, 1 sewing machines, 163 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 224 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,345 yards of not-fulled cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 139 barrels of herring or alewives, 38.50 gallons of fish oil, 6 fishing boats, 0.50 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 31.50 quintals of codfish or hake, 12 men employed in fishing — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002022— 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 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. 60, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-60-pe002022-1871/.