Abram-Village

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Abram-Village
Rural municipality
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Abram-Village in Prince Edward Island
Coordinates: 46°27′15.9″N64°4′18.9″W / 46.454417°N 64.071917°W / 46.454417; -64.071917 Coordinates: 46°27′15.9″N64°4′18.9″W / 46.454417°N 64.071917°W / 46.454417; -64.071917
CountryCanada
Province Prince Edward Island
County Prince County
Lot 15
Population
[1]
 • Total340
Time zone AST
 • Summer (DST) ADT
Area code(s) 902

Abram-Village is a rural municipality in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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It is located in the township of Lot 15, approximately 27 kilometers west of the city of Summerside.

Located in the "Evangeline Region", a collection of Francophone Acadian communities in the central part of Prince County, Abram-Village is famous for its Acadian Festival during late August and early September.

The Commission scolaire de langue française, which administers the province's six French public schools, is headquartered in Abram-Village.

The community is home to the Western Red Wings of the Island Junior Hockey League.

History

The community is named after Abraham Arsenault, the first settler who came to the township in the 1820s.

Originally named "Abram's Village" it was officially renamed to "Abram-Village" on April 3, 2018.

Demographics

Federal census population history of Abram-Village
YearPop.±%
1971313—    
1976317+1.3%
1981351+10.7%
1986334−4.8%
1991 311−6.9%
1996 328+5.5%
2001 342+4.3%
2006 266−22.2%
2011 267+0.4%
2016 300+12.4%
2021 340+13.3%
Abram-Village's 2016 population of 272 was adjusted to 300 in 2018. [2]
Source: Statistics Canada
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Abram-Village had a population of 340 living in 145 of its 155 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  2. ↑ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names – Table 1: Changes to census subdivisions by province and territory". Statistics Canada. November 17, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ "1976 Census of Canada: Population - Geographic Distributions" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1977. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ "1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order" (PDF). Statistics Canada. May 1992. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions" (PDF). Statistics Canada. September 1987. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  6. ↑ "91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. April 1992. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ "96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. April 1997. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. August 20, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. July 25, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.


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