Township No. 63, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 63 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,029. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259948. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.054°N, 62.581°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 63 had a population of 1,029.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,029 |
| 1881 | 1,243 |
| 1891 | 1,494 |
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 (1.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 63 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,029 total population, 338 married persons, 164 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 453 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 691 single persons, 1 insane persons, 2 persons married, 6 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 97 males aged under 5, 157 males aged 5 to 16, 59 males aged 16 to 21, 132 males aged 21 to 45, 51 males aged 45 to 60, 29 males over 60, 85 females aged 0 to 5, 145 females aged 5 to 16, 62 females aged 16 to 21, 142 females aged 21-45, 39 females aged 45-60, 31 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 103 persons originating in Scotland, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 21 persons originating in England, 39 persons originating in the British Provinces, 851 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 8 members of the Church of England, 598 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 221 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 140 Roman Catholics, 18 Methodists, 27 Baptists, 17 Bible Christians — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 churches, 1 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 29,359 bushels of potatoes, 19,684 bushels of oats, 3,186 pounds of homemade butter, 2,090 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,019 bushels of wheat, 1,467 bushels of barley, 1,311 sheep, 302 swine, 264 tons of hay, 185 horses, 41 bushels of buckwheat, 7 bushels of peas, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 12,135 acres of farmland owned, 1,225 acres of farmland rented, 657 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 700 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 1 persons holding farmland of first quality, 149 persons holding farmland of second quality, 6 persons holding farmland of third quality, 3,366 acres of farmland in arable land, 12 bushels of timothy grass seed, 2 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 16 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 3 farming mills, 4 hay mowing machines, 6 threshing machines, 632 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,055 yards of fulled cloth, 4 saw mills, 2 grist mills, 1 carding and fulling mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 125 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 114 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 2,695 yards of not-fulled cloth, 3 shingle and lath mills, 1 lime kilns, 100 barrels of lime, 3,557 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 26 gallons of fish oil, 3 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 15 quintals of codfish or hake, 67 pounds of hake sounds cured — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 2 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE003019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE134020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259948
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_63,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_63_(%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. 63, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-63-pe003019-1871/.