Township No. 9, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)
Township No. 9 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 431. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259958. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.647°N, 64.185°W.
Population
In 1871, Township No. 9 had a population of 431.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 431 |
| 1881 | 572 |
| 1891 | 727 |
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. 9 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 9 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 431 total population, 112 married persons, 67 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 395 persons neither infected with smallpox nor vaccinated, 319 single persons, 1 insane persons, 1 persons married, 8 births — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Age structure (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 36 males aged under 5, 71 males aged 5 to 16, 36 males aged 16 to 21, 48 males aged 21 to 45, 22 males aged 45 to 60, 9 males over 60, 26 females aged 0 to 5, 72 females aged 5 to 16, 36 females aged 16 to 21, 55 females aged 21-45, 16 females aged 45-60, 4 females over 60 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1871). This community's record includes 8 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 3 persons originating in England, 4 persons originating in the British Provinces, 413 persons originating in Prince Edward Island — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 14 members of the Church of England, 163 members of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, 43 members of the Kirk of Scotland, 196 Roman Catholics, 15 Methodists — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1871). The 1871 enumerator also recorded 7 churches, 6 schoolhouses — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 9,693 bushels of potatoes, 4,633 bushels of oats, 3,373 pounds of homemade butter, 806 bushels of wheat, 371 sheep, 311 bushels of barley, 285 bushels of buckwheat, 176 swine, 169 tons of hay, 80 horses, 72 bushels of turnips, 41 bushels of winter wheat, 6 bushels of corn. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 65 acres of farmland owned, 2,434 acres of farmland rented, 2,235 acres of farmland held by verbal agreement, 140 acres of farmland neither owned nor rented, 23 persons holding farmland of first quality, 41 persons holding farmland of second quality, 1,140 acres of farmland in arable land, 1 bushels of clover seed, 87 pounds of flax, 13 acres of farmland fertilized with shell manure, 1 farming mills, 1 hay-making machines, 4 mud-digging machines, 1 threshing machines, 187 cattle — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Manufacturing & industry (1871). This community's record includes 910 yards of fulled cloth, 1 saw mills. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 34 carts, trucks, and truck-wagons, 17 riding wagons, carriages, wood sleds, and jaunting sleds, 1,490 yards of not-fulled cloth, 2,178 yards of cloth — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Fisheries (1871). This community's record includes 341 barrels of herring or alewives, 13 fishing boats, 5 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.) The 1871 enumerator also recorded 1 fishing establishments, 260 fishing barrels, 1 cooper's shops — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Deaths & mortality (1871). This community's record includes 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE001009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE135010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259958
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_9,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_9_(%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. 9, Prince Edward Island (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-9-pe001009-1871/.