Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 65, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 65 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,865. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.170°N, 63.238°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 65 had a population of 1,865: 990 male and 875 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 65 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 292 |
| Number of families | 292 |
| Number of females | 875 |
| Number of males | 990 |
| Number of married females | 246 |
| Number of married males | 247 |
| Number of married persons | 493 |
| Number of widowed females | 63 |
| Number of widowed males | 34 |
| Number of widowed persons | 97 |
| POP TOT | 1,865 |
| Total population | 1,865 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 566 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 709 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,275 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 289 |
| Number of occupied houses | 292 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,109 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,285 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,080 |
| BAR BU | 1,690 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,690 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,448 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 220 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 83,431 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 410 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 34 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 197,785 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 14,749 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 34,521 |
| BWT BU | 2,448 |
| HAY AC | 3,109 |
| HAY TONS | 4,096 |
| OAT BU | 83,431 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 34 |
| POT AC | 1,285 |
| POT BU | 197,785 |
| RYE BU | 60 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,096 |
| WHT AC | 1,080 |
| WHT SP BU | 14,749 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 98 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 109 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 205 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,358 |
| Number of fishing boats | 21 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 34 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 100,000 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 98 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 34 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 21 |
| C UNMD F | 566 |
| C UNMD M | 709 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,275 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| D OCC | 292 |
| FEMALE | 875 |
| GRA BU | 220 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 289 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| LOB XC P | 100,000 |
| MALE | 990 |
| MCK XB Q | 109 |
| MD F | 246 |
| MD M | 247 |
| MD TOT | 493 |
| NET XX F | 1,358 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 410 |
| OYS XB Q | 205 |
| SHAN | 3 |
| TUR BU | 34,521 |
| WID F | 63 |
| WID M | 34 |
| WID TOT | 97 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002023 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136023 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 65, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-65-pe002023-1881/.