Township No. 7, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 7 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 867. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q387698. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.724°N, 64.343°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 7 had a population of 867.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 867 |
| 1881 | 1,073 |
| 1891 | 1,038 |
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 (1.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Township No. 7 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 867 total population, 244 married persons, 129 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 deaf and dumb persons, 705 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 623 single persons, 1 insane persons, 2 persons married, 23 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 91 males aged under 5, 137 males aged 5 to 16, 36 males aged 16 to 21, 106 males aged 21 to 45, 28 males aged 45 to 60, 25 males over 60, 96 females aged 0 to 5, 134 females aged 5 to 16, 45 females aged 16 to 21, 120 females aged 21-45, 29 females aged 45-60, 20 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 21 persons originating in Ireland, 7 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in all other places. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 22 persons originating in England, 30 persons originating in the British Provinces, 785 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 91 members of the Church of England, 101 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 1 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 241 Roman Catholics, 109 Methodists, 64 Baptists, 260 Bible Christians — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 churches, 3 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 32,818 bushels of potatoes, 24,463 bushels of oats, 10,256 pounds of homemade butter, 6,298 bushels of wheat, 2,872 bushels of turnips, 1,830 bushels of buckwheat, 1,480 sheep, 944 bushels of barley, 780 tons of hay, 598 swine, 591 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 235 horses, 36 bushels of other root crops, 14 bushels of beans, 9.50 bushels of peas, 6 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 2 persons holding farmland of third quality, 4,732 acres of farmland in arable land, 31 bushels of clover seed, 112 bushels of timothy grass seed, $£ 17 s4 d0 value apples and other fruits, 27 pounds of flax, 13.50 farming mills, 4 hay mowing machines, 17 threshing machines, 705 cattle, 4,813 acres of farmland owned, 6,274.50 acres of farmland rented, 250 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 101 persons holding farmland of first quality, 17 persons holding farmland of second quality — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 1,839 yards of fulled cloth, 4 saw mills, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 grist mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 123 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 231 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 5,617 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2 shingle and lath mills, 2 carriages and sleighs, 7,430 yards of cloth, 1 sewing machines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 126.50 barrels of herring or alewives, 63 gallons of fish oil, 8 fishing boats, 4 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 100 quintals of codfish or hake — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 6 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Metherall | 1791–1875 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q387698
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_7,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_7
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. 7, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-7-pe001007-1871/.