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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259944

Township No. 61, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 61 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,298. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259944. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.099°N, 62.594°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 61 had a population of 1,298.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,298
18811,527
18911,525

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 61 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,298 total population, 353 married persons, 207 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 728 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 945 single persons, 4 insane persons, 9 persons married, 48 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 126 males aged under 5, 200 males aged 5 to 16, 80 males aged 16 to 21, 144 males aged 21 to 45, 68 males aged 45 to 60, 39 males over 60, 124 females aged 0 to 5, 178 females aged 5 to 16, 82 females aged 16 to 21, 164 females aged 21-45, 66 females aged 45-60, 27 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 141 persons originating in Scotland, 68 persons originating in Ireland, 5 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 12 persons originating in England, 44 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,028 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 11 members of the Church of England, 458 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 66 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 496 Roman Catholics, 12 Methodists, 1 Baptists, 150 Bible Christians, 104 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 41,108 bushels of potatoes, 33,899 bushels of oats, 5,237 pounds of homemade butter, 1,839 bushels of wheat, 1,832 bushels of turnips, 1,761 sheep, 863 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 800 bushels of barley, 695 bushels of buckwheat, 469 swine, 263 tons of hay, 213 horses, 30 bushels of other root crops, 29 bushels of winter wheat, 18 bushels of peas, 13 bushels of beans, 8 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1,524 acres of farmland owned, 9,066 acres of farmland rented, 250 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 3,441 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 6 persons holding farmland of first quality, 149 persons holding farmland of second quality, 51 persons holding farmland of third quality, 2,923 acres of farmland in arable land, 11 bushels of clover seed, 49 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£9 s12 d0 value apples and other fruits, 96 pounds of flax, 5 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 10 farming mills, 2 hay mowing machines, 10 hay-making machines, 8 mud-digging machines, 4 other machines, 10 threshing machines, 646 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,609 yards of fulled cloth, 5 saw mills, 4 tanneries, 2 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 shingle and lath mills, 1 lime kilns, 5 barrels of lime, 3 carriages and sleighs, 6,734 yards of cloth, 1 sewing machines, 3 stamping machines, 157 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 183 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,078 yards of not-fulled cloth, 163 pounds of leather produced in tanneries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 25 barrels of herring or alewives, 17 gallons of fish oil, 12 barrels of mackerel, 11 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 26 quintals of codfish or hake, 150 fishing barrels, 2 cooper's shops — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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. 61, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-61-pe003018-1871/.