Township No. 62, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 62 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,046. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.987°N, 62.761°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 62 had a population of 1,046: 534 male and 512 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 952 |
| 1881 | 1,046 |
| 1891 | 1,085 |
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. 62 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,046 total population, 534 males, 512 females, 302 married persons, 179 families, 151 married females, 151 married males, 46 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 698 single persons under 18, 369 single males under 18, 329 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 175 inhabited houses, 175 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 42,602 bushels of potatoes, 33,686 bushels of oats, 4,415 bushels of spring wheat, 2,667 bushels of turnips, 1,025 acres of hay crops, 1,001 tons of hay, 379 bushels of buckwheat, 338 acres of wheat, 283 acres of potatoes, 211 bushels of barley, 98 bushels of other root crops, 66 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,375 fathoms of fishing nets, 160 quintals of cod, 123 gallons of fish oil, 104 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 103 barrels of herring or alewives, 60 barrels of mackerel, 53 men on fishing boats, 43 fishing boats, 34 barrels of other fish, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 52,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,046 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:
PE002022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136022— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259946
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_62,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_62_(%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. 62, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-62-pe002022-1881/.