Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Prince
Township No. 9, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 9 was a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 572. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.647°N, 64.185°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 9 had a population of 572: 299 male and 273 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
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. 9 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 89 |
| Number of families | 89 |
| Number of females | 273 |
| Number of males | 299 |
| Number of married females | 80 |
| Number of married males | 79 |
| Number of married persons | 159 |
| Number of widowed females | 13 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 20 |
| POP TOT | 572 |
| Total population | 572 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 180 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 213 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 393 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 87 |
| Number of occupied houses | 87 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 299 |
| Acres of potatoes | 137 |
| Acres of wheat | 185 |
| BAR BU | 773 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 773 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,108 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 12,495 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 17,599 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,264 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,130 |
| BWT BU | 1,108 |
| CRN BU | 8 |
| HAY AC | 299 |
| HAY TONS | 332 |
| OAT BU | 12,495 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 13 |
| POT AC | 137 |
| POT BU | 17,599 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 332 |
| WHT AC | 185 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,264 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 139 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 329 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1 |
| Number of fishing boats | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 7 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 3 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 15 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 7 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 180 |
| C UNMD M | 213 |
| C UNMD TOT | 393 |
| CD NAME | Prince |
| COD DX K | 3 |
| D OCC | 87 |
| FEMALE | 273 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1 |
| GRA BU | 26 |
| GSP XB Q | 6 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 87 |
| MALE | 299 |
| MCK XB Q | 139 |
| MD F | 80 |
| MD M | 79 |
| MD TOT | 159 |
| NET XX F | 329 |
| NUMBER CD | 1 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 13 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 1,130 |
| WID F | 13 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 20 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. 9, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-9-pe001009-1881/.