Township No. 8, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 8 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 855. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259957. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.654°N, 64.327°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 8 had a population of 855: 428 male and 427 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 672 |
| 1881 | 855 |
| 1891 | 887 |
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. 8 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 855 total population, 428 males, 427 females, 236 married persons, 137 families, 119 married males, 117 married females, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 599 single persons under 18, 303 single males under 18, 296 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 137 inhabited houses, 137 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 27,622 bushels of potatoes, 25,928 bushels of oats, 5,559 bushels of spring wheat, 2,030 bushels of turnips, 1,086 acres of hay crops, 1,016 tons of hay, 953 bushels of buckwheat, 871 bushels of barley, 484 acres of wheat, 216 acres of potatoes, 96 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 bushels of other root crops, 35 bushels of peas and beans, 3 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 513 barrels of mackerel, 410 fathoms of fishing nets, 51 men on fishing boats, 25 fishing boats, 23 barrels of herring or alewives, 5 quintals of cod. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 25 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 855 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:
PE001008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259957
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_8,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_8_(%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. 8, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-8-pe001008-1881/.