List of counties of Prince Edward Island

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Counties of Prince Edward Island
Canada Prince Edward Island location map 2.svg
Location Province of Prince Edward Island
Number3
Populations18,327 (Kings) – 89,770 (Queens)
Areas1,687.58 km2 (Kings) – 2,006.27 km2 (Prince)
Government
Subdivisions

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.

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]

CountyCounty seat
(current)
County seat
(historical)
EstablishedPopulation
(2021) [1]
Population
(2016) [1]
Change
[1]
Land area
(km2) [1]
Population density
(per km2) [1]
Map
Kings Georgetown Kings Royalty 176518,32717,154+6.8%1,687.58 Prince Edward Island Kings County.svg
Queens Charlottetown Queens Royalty 176589,77081,843+9.7%1,987.32 Prince Edward Island Queens County.svg
Prince Summerside Prince Royalty 176546,23443,910+5.3%2,006.27 Prince Edward Island Prince County.svg
Total counties154,331142,907+8.0%5,681.17

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census divisions, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2025.