Township No. 7, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 7 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,073. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q387698. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.724°N, 64.343°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 7 had a population of 1,073: 536 male and 537 female residents.
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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 7 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,073 total population, 537 females, 536 males, 271 married persons, 158 families, 137 married females, 134 married males, 27 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 775 single persons under 18, 395 single males under 18, 380 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 156 occupied houses, 150 inhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 48,767 bushels of potatoes, 39,197 bushels of oats, 9,707 bushels of spring wheat, 4,956 bushels of turnips, 1,672 acres of hay crops, 1,557 bushels of buckwheat, 1,481 tons of hay, 1,160 bushels of barley, 794 acres of wheat, 341 acres of potatoes, 174 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 81 bushels of other root crops, 46 bushels of peas and beans, 12 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 742 fathoms of fishing nets, 721 barrels of mackerel, 150 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 119 quintals of cod, 82 barrels of herring or alewives, 70 gallons of fish oil, 35 men on fishing boats, 26 fishing boats, 10 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 men on fishing vessels, 2 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of halibut, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines, 10 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,073 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:
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 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. 7, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-7-pe001007-1881/.