Township No. 64, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 64 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,973. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259950. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.994°N, 62.578°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 64 had a population of 1,973: 1,013 male and 960 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,493 |
| 1881 | 1,973 |
| 1891 | 1,920 |
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. 64 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,973 total population, 1,013 males, 960 females, 586 married persons, 324 families, 294 married females, 292 married males, 84 widowed persons, 62 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,303 single persons under 18, 699 single males under 18, 604 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 323 inhabited houses, 323 occupied houses, 19 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 109,318 bushels of potatoes, 38,836 bushels of oats, 10,066 bushels of turnips, 7,647 bushels of spring wheat, 1,949 tons of hay, 1,677 acres of hay crops, 640 acres of potatoes, 601 acres of wheat, 478 bushels of other root crops, 332 bushels of barley, 258 bushels of buckwheat, 150 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 bushels of peas and beans, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,426 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,896 gallons of fish oil, 2,792 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2,624 quintals of cod, 590 barrels of mackerel, 298 men on fishing boats, 221 barrels of herring or alewives, 194 fishing boats, 36 men on fishing vessels, 7 barrels of eels, 6 shoremen, 5 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 735,000 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 1,973 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:
PE003021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE134021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259950
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_64,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_64_(%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. 64, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-64-pe003021-1881/.