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Year: 1891  |  Province: Prince Edward Island

Township No. 9, Prince Edward Island (1891 census)

Township No. 9 was a township in Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.647°N, 64.185°W.

Population

In 1891, Township No. 9 had a population of 727: 382 male and 345 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871431
1881572
1891727

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Township No. 9 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.90
FAM NO122
Number of families122
Number of females345
Number of males382
Number of married females107
Number of married males107
Number of married persons214
Number of widowed females12
Number of widowed males7
Number of widowed persons19
POP F345
POP M382
POP TOT727
Total population727
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18226
Number of single males under 18268
Number of single persons under 18494
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians7
Number of persons who are not French Canadian720
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses122
Number of houses built of wood122
Number of houses of 1 room1
Number of houses of 1 story120
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms2
Number of houses of 2 rooms18
Number of houses of 2 stories2
Number of houses of 3 rooms47
Number of houses of 4 rooms19
Number of houses of 5 rooms10
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms25
Number of occupied houses122
Agriculture (59 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley51
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards22
Acres of farmland in pasture485
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest7,211
Acres of farmland under crops2,789
Acres of hay crops687
Acres of improved land in farms3,296
Acres of land in farms10,507
Acres of oats827
Acres of potatoes184
Acres of turnips12
Acres of wheat389
BAR AC51
BAR BU759
Bushels of barley produced in the past year759
Bushels of beans produced in the past year16
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year677
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year129
Bushels of oats produced in the past year13,720
Bushels of peas produced in the past year12
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year23,393
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year4,554
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year2,098
BWT BU677
HAY AC687
HAY TONS564
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year117
Number of chickens2,527
Number of ducks23
Number of farm occupants who own their land119
Number of geese116
Number of horses aged 3 years and under67
Number of horses aged over 3 years137
Number of milk cows259
Number of occupants of farms119
Number of other cattle235
Number of oxen2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres25
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres28
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres54
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres9
Number of sheep697
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold218
Number of swine221
Number of swine slaughtered or sold214
Number of turkeys2
OAT AC827
OAT BU13,720
PEA BU12
POT AC184
POT BU23,393
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year165
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year2,577
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year100
Pounds of homemade butter9,970
Tons of hay produced in the past year564
WHT AC389
WHT SP BU4,554
Other recorded variables (61 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20025
A 11 5028
A 201 PL3
A 51 10054
BEN BU16
BUTTER LB9,970
CATTLE KS117
CHEESE LB165
CHILD AND UNMD FEM226
CHILD AND UNMD MALE268
CHILD AND UNMD TOT494
COARSE WOOL LB2,577
COLTS FILLIES67
DUCKS23
FAMILIES122
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.90
FINE WOOL LB100
FRN CA7
GEESE116
GRA BU129
HENS AND CHKN2,527
HORSES OVR THREE137
HOUSES122
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM2
HOUSES FIVE RM10
HOUSES FOUR RM19
HOUSES ONE RM1
HOUSES ONE STRY120
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM25
HOUSES THREE RM47
HOUSES TWO RM18
HOUSES TWO STRY2
HOUSES W122
INF 11 A9
MD FEM107
MD MALE107
MD TOT214
MILK COWS259
NAME CDPrince
OC P119
OC TOT119
OTHER HRN CATTLE235
OTHERS720
SHEEP697
SHEEP KS218
SUP AM3,296
SUP FOR7,211
SUP JV22
SUP PAT485
SUP SC2,789
SUP TOT10,507
SWINE221
SWINE KS214
TOT DWLG OCC122
TUR AC12
TUR BU2,098
TURKEY2
WID FEM12
WID MALE7
WID TOT19
WORKING OX2

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-9-pe135010-1891/.