List of counties of Prince Edward Island

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island has three counties that have historically been used as administrative divisions for the provincial government, and prior to Confederation (in 1873), the colonial government.

1775 map with counties coloured. Left to right: Prince's, Queen's, King's

The current system of land division in Prince Edward Island, including its three counties, dates to a series of surveys undertaken in 1764-65 by Captain Samuel Holland of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers. Holland's survey saw the island divided into the three counties, each of which had a "royalty" (or shire town) as a county seat. The rest of the county outside the royalty was sub-divided into parishes for the Church of England, measuring approximately 60,000 acres (240 km2); the parishes were further sub-divided into townships measuring approximately 20,000 acres (81 km2).

The counties are no longer used as administrative boundaries for the provincial government, however, they continue to be used as census divisions by Statistics Canada for statistical purposes in administering the Canadian census.[1]

County name Historical
county seat		 Current
county seat		 Population
(2016)[1]		 Population
(2011)[1]		 Change
[1]		 Land area
(km²)[1]		 Population
density[1]		 Map
KingsKings RoyaltyGeorgetown17,160 17,990 −4.6%1,686.3410.2/km2
QueensQueens RoyaltyCharlottetown82,017 77,866 +5.3%2,020.4840.6/km2
PrincePrince RoyaltySummerside43,730 44,348 −1.4%1,979.2122.1/km2
Total counties — — 142,907 140,204 +1.9% 5,686.03 25.1/km2

See also
  • Administrative divisions of Canada
Census divisions by province and territory

References
  1. "Population and dwelling count highlight tables, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
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