Township No. 61, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 61 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,527. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259944. 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 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,527 total population, 777 females, 750 males, 405 married persons, 246 families, 203 married males, 202 married females, 59 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,063 single persons under 18, 535 single females under 18, 528 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 238 inhabited houses, 238 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 91,970 bushels of potatoes, 35,116 bushels of oats, 8,496 bushels of spring wheat, 4,241 bushels of turnips, 1,380 acres of hay crops, 1,210 tons of hay, 755 bushels of buckwheat, 654 acres of potatoes, 633 acres of wheat, 174 bushels of other root crops, 133 bushels of barley, 87 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 593 fathoms of fishing nets, 343 quintals of cod, 223 barrels of herring or alewives, 101 barrels of mackerel, 60 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 46 men on fishing boats, 36 fishing boats, 31 barrels of eels, 2 quintals of fascines fish, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,527 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:
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: Q3259944
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_61,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_61_(%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. 61, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-61-pe003019-1881/.