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Year: 1871  |  Province: Prince Edward Island  |  Wikidata: Q3259950

Township No. 64, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)

Township No. 64 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,493. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.994°N, 62.578°W.

Population

In 1871, Township No. 64 had a population of 1,493.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,493
18811,973
18911,920

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Township No. 64 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 93 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,493 total population, 477 married persons, 137 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 deaf and dumb persons, 1 blind persons, 785 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,016 single persons, 1 insane persons, 15 persons married, 51 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 122 males aged under 5, 235 males aged 5 to 16, 79 males aged 16 to 21, 180 males aged 21 to 45, 69 males aged 45 to 60, 60 males over 60, 127 females aged 0 to 5, 191 females aged 5 to 16, 91 females aged 16 to 21, 215 females aged 21-45, 89 females aged 45-60, 35 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 98 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 69 persons originating in England, 89 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,231 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 56 members of the Church of England, 541 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 200 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 39 Roman Catholics, 233 Methodists, 41 Baptists, 326 Bible Christians, 57 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 churches, 9 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 65,214 bushels of potatoes, 34,619 bushels of oats, 11,425 pounds of homemade butter, 3,971 bushels of wheat, 2,792 bushels of barley, 2,627 sheep, 1,478 bushels of turnips, 1,149 tons of hay, 812 bushels of buckwheat, 763 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 645 swine, 348 horses, 74 bushels of other root crops, 15 bushels of beans, 14.50 bushels of peas. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 14,364 acres of farmland owned, 35 acres of farmland rented, 29 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 50 persons holding farmland of first quality, 100 persons holding farmland of second quality, 69 persons holding farmland of third quality, 6,631 acres of farmland in arable land, 5.50 bushels of clover seed, 107 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£32 s7 d0 value apples and other fruits, 545 pounds of flax, 31 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 68 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 27 farming mills, 5 hay mowing machines, 15 mud-digging machines, 54 other machines, 25 threshing machines, 1,022 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 2,146 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 277 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 346 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 8,853 yards of not-fulled cloth, 1 breweries and distilleries, 3 lime kilns, 561 barrels of lime, 7,157 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 1,618 gallons of fish oil, 154 barrels of herring or alewives, 90 barrels of mackerel, 41 fishing boats. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 414 quintals of codfish or hake, 99 men employed in fishing, 210 fishing barrels, 6 cooper's shops, 1,878 pounds of hake sounds cured, 5,000 pounds of preserved shell and other fish produced during the past year — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 14 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

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. 64, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-64-pe003020-1871/.