Township No. 63, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 63 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,243. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259948. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.054°N, 62.581°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 63 had a population of 1,243: 648 male and 595 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 63 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,243 total population, 648 males, 595 females, 351 married persons, 208 families, 180 married males, 171 married females, 47 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 845 single persons under 18, 457 single males under 18, 388 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 207 inhabited houses, 207 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 64,743 bushels of potatoes, 29,716 bushels of oats, 5,550 bushels of spring wheat, 5,115 bushels of turnips, 1,329 tons of hay, 1,035 acres of hay crops, 449 acres of potatoes, 429 acres of wheat, 355 bushels of buckwheat, 318 bushels of barley, 91 bushels of other root crops, 72 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 34 bushels of winter wheat, 25 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 822 fathoms of fishing nets, 198 gallons of fish oil, 132 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 130 barrels of herring or alewives, 109 barrels of mackerel, 88 quintals of cod, 75 men on fishing boats, 41 fishing boats, 18 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels, 1 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 270,000 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 1,243 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:
PE003020— 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 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. 63, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-63-pe003020-1881/.