Township No. 62, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 62 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 952. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.987°N, 62.761°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 62 had a population of 952.
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).
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. 62 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 952 total population, 237 married persons, 143 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 822 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 715 single persons, 1 insane persons, 23 persons married, 25 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 64 males aged under 5, 135 males aged 5 to 16, 56 males aged 16 to 21, 142 males aged 21 to 45, 45 males aged 45 to 60, 32 males over 60, 68 females aged 0 to 5, 121 females aged 5 to 16, 86 females aged 16 to 21, 131 females aged 21-45, 49 females aged 45-60, 23 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 113 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 persons originating in England, 18 persons originating in the British Provinces, 815 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 members of the Church of England, 420 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 403 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 21 Roman Catholics, 25 Baptists, 79 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 churches, 5 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 26,967 bushels of oats, 24,460 bushels of potatoes, 9,004 pounds of homemade butter, 2,075 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,008 bushels of wheat, 1,762 sheep, 991 bushels of barley, 611 bushels of turnips, 465 tons of hay, 432 swine, 379 bushels of buckwheat, 353 horses, 8 bushels of beans, 6 bushels of other root crops, 2 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 13,864 acres of farmland owned, 4 acres of farmland rented, 153 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 20 persons holding farmland of first quality, 57 persons holding farmland of second quality, 62 persons holding farmland of third quality, 5,232 acres of farmland in arable land, 5 bushels of clover seed, 62 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£5 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 1,023 pounds of flax, 3 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 5 hay mowing machines, 1 hay-making machines, 2 mud-digging machines, 4 other machines, 9.50 threshing machines, 753 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,855 yards of fulled cloth, 3 grist mills, 3 tanneries, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 115 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 187 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,615 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1,719 pounds of leather produced in tanneries, 1 fulling and dressing mills, 1 lime kilns, 1 brick kilns, 4 carriages and sleighs, 1 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 436 barrels of herring or alewives, 184 gallons of fish oil, 36 fishing boats, 6 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 fishing establishments, 334 quintals of codfish or hake, 51 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:
PE002023— 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 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. 62, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-62-pe002023-1871/.