Township No. 65, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 65 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,746. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259951. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.170°N, 63.238°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 65 had a population of 1,746.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,746 |
| 1881 | 1,865 |
| 1891 | 1,721 |
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 (1.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 65 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,746 total population, 453 married persons, 275 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 deaf and dumb persons, 710 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,293 single persons, 2 insane persons, 6 persons married, 33 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 132 males aged under 5, 243 males aged 5 to 16, 132 males aged 16 to 21, 202 males aged 21 to 45, 111 males aged 45 to 60, 59 males over 60, 139 females aged 0 to 5, 240 females aged 5 to 16, 154 females aged 16 to 21, 195 females aged 21-45, 88 females aged 45-60, 51 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 109 persons originating in Scotland, 73 persons originating in Ireland, 20 Indigenous females, 15 Indigenous males, 3 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 27 persons originating in England, 8 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,526 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 52 members of the Church of England, 386 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 691 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 403 Roman Catholics, 45 Methodists, 154 Baptists, 11 Bible Christians, 4 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 churches, 10 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 103,945 bushels of potatoes, 70,040 bushels of oats, 25,525 pounds of homemade butter, 7,900 bushels of wheat, 6,840 bushels of turnips, 3,473 sheep, 2,597 bushels of barley, 1,718 tons of hay, 1,110 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 905 swine, 857 bushels of buckwheat, 578 horses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 5,937 acres of farmland owned, 12,890 acres of farmland rented, 244 persons holding farmland of first quality, 9,687 acres of farmland in arable land, 41 bushels of timothy grass seed, 2,457 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 47 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 6 farming mills, 18 hay mowing machines, 39 hay-making machines, 1 hay elevators, 79 mud-digging machines, 12 threshing machines, 1,362 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,301 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 331 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 511 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 7,519 yards of not-fulled cloth, 6 lime kilns, 1,310 barrels of lime, 1 brick kilns, 80,000 bricks, 3 sewing machines, 1 pianos, melodeons, and organs — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 19 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136023— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259951
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_65,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_65_(%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. 65, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-65-pe002011-1871/.