Township No. 67, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 67 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,435. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q585387. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.329°N, 63.475°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 67 had a population of 1,435.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,435 |
| 1881 | 1,797 |
| 1891 | 1,853 |
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 (1.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 67 shared boundaries with:
- Township No. 20
- Township No. 21
- Township No. 22
- Township No. 26
- Township No. 27
- Township No. 29
- Township No. 30
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,435 total population, 367 married persons, 218 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 blind persons, 1,117 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 1,068 single persons, 1 insane persons, 7 persons married, 45 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 125 males aged under 5, 234 males aged 5 to 16, 85 males aged 16 to 21, 205 males aged 21 to 45, 48 males aged 45 to 60, 43 males over 60, 132 females aged 0 to 5, 185 females aged 5 to 16, 93 females aged 16 to 21, 203 females aged 21-45, 58 females aged 45-60, 24 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 241 persons originating in Scotland, 55 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 6 persons originating in England, 14 persons originating in the British Provinces, 1,119 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 92 members of the Church of England, 876 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 89 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 239 Roman Catholics, 80 Methodists, 46 Baptists, 13 members of other denominations — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 4 churches, 7 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 70,194 bushels of oats, 53,885 bushels of potatoes, 16,073 pounds of homemade butter, 6,097 bushels of turnips, 3,805 bushels of wheat, 2,918 bushels of buckwheat, 2,795 sheep, 1,176 bushels of barley, 1,099 swine, 793 tons of hay, 613 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 433 horses, 67 bushels of other root crops, 6 bushels of beans. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 12,224 acres of farmland owned, 10,692 acres of farmland rented, 492 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 150 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 30 persons holding farmland of first quality, 198 persons holding farmland of second quality, 4 persons holding farmland of third quality, 9,609 acres of farmland in arable land, 11.50 bushels of clover seed, 118.50 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£33 s0 d0 value apples and other fruits, 633 pounds of flax, 102 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 182.50 acres of farmland fertilized with lime, 30 farming mills, 14 hay mowing machines, 2 mud-digging machines, 11 other machines, 28 threshing machines, 1,186 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 3,384 yards of fulled cloth, 6 saw mills, 2 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 stamping machines, 226 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 426 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 7,783 yards of not-fulled cloth, 4 shingle and lath mills, 9,985 yards of cloth, 8 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 15 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136024— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q585387
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_67,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_67_(%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. 67, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-67-pe002006-1871/.