Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: King's
Township No. 61, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 61 was a township in King's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,527. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.099°N, 62.594°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 61 had a population of 1,527: 750 male and 777 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,298 |
| 1881 | 1,527 |
| 1891 | 1,525 |
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. 61 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 246 |
| Number of families | 246 |
| Number of females | 777 |
| Number of males | 750 |
| Number of married females | 202 |
| Number of married males | 203 |
| Number of married persons | 405 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 59 |
| POP TOT | 1,527 |
| Total population | 1,527 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 535 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 528 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,063 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 238 |
| Number of occupied houses | 238 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,380 |
| Acres of potatoes | 654 |
| Acres of wheat | 633 |
| BAR BU | 133 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 133 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 755 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 87 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 35,116 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 174 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 91,970 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8,496 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,241 |
| BWT BU | 755 |
| CRN BU | 3 |
| HAY AC | 1,380 |
| HAY TONS | 1,210 |
| OAT BU | 35,116 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 17 |
| POT AC | 654 |
| POT BU | 91,970 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,210 |
| WHT AC | 633 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,496 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 31 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 223 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 101 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 593 |
| Number of fishing boats | 36 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 46 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 343 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 60 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 223 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 46 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 36 |
| C UNMD F | 535 |
| C UNMD M | 528 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,063 |
| CD NAME | King's |
| COD DX K | 343 |
| D OCC | 238 |
| EEL XB Q | 31 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 777 |
| GRA BU | 87 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 238 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| HAD DX K | 60 |
| MALE | 750 |
| MCK XB Q | 101 |
| MD F | 202 |
| MD M | 203 |
| MD TOT | 405 |
| NET XX F | 593 |
| NUMBER CD | 3 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 174 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 4,241 |
| WID F | 40 |
| WID M | 19 |
| WID TOT | 59 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE134019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 61, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-61-pe003019-1881/.