Township No. 65, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 65 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,865. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259951. 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 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,865 total population, 990 males, 875 females, 493 married persons, 292 families, 247 married males, 246 married females, 97 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,275 single persons under 18, 709 single males under 18, 566 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 292 occupied houses, 289 inhabited houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 197,785 bushels of potatoes, 83,431 bushels of oats, 34,521 bushels of turnips, 14,749 bushels of spring wheat, 4,096 tons of hay, 3,109 acres of hay crops, 2,448 bushels of buckwheat, 1,690 bushels of barley, 1,285 acres of potatoes, 1,080 acres of wheat, 410 bushels of other root crops, 220 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 60 bushels of rye, 34 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,358 fathoms of fishing nets, 109 barrels of mackerel, 98 barrels of herring or alewives, 34 men on fishing boats, 21 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 100,000 pounds of lobster canned, 205 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,865 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:
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: 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 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/.