Township No. 63, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)
Township No. 63 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,494. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259948. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.054°N, 62.581°W.
Population
In 1891, Township No. 63 had a population of 1,494: 779 male and 715 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Township No. 63 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,494 total population, 779 males, 715 females, 372 married persons, 251 families, 189 married females, 183 married males, 41 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,081 single persons under 18, 581 single males under 18, 500 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,493 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 245 occupied houses, 241 houses, 241 houses built of wood, 233 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 58 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 103,896 bushels of potatoes, 25,444 bushels of oats, 24,045 pounds of homemade butter, 19,203 acres of land in farms, 17,945 bushels of turnips, 11,693 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,263 bushels of spring wheat, 7,510 acres of improved land in farms, 7,101 acres of farmland under crops, 6,950 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,792 chickens, 1,723 sheep, 1,592 acres of hay crops, 1,515 tons of hay, 1,507 acres of oats, 865 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 766 sheep slaughtered or sold, 696 acres of wheat, 629 acres of potatoes, 613 bushels of buckwheat, 576 milk cows, 539 bushels of barley, 470 other cattle, 393 swine slaughtered or sold, 364 acres of farmland in pasture, 303 horses aged over 3 years, 277 cattle killed or sold, 264 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 235 swine, 234 occupants of farms, 231 farm occupants who own their land, 101 geese, 100 horses aged 3 years and under, 99 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 89 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 acres of turnips, 45 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 34 bushels of beans, 34 turkeys, 33 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 ducks, 25 acres of barley, 12 other fowl, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE134020— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-63-pe134020-1891/.