List of municipalities in Prince Edward Island

Map of Canada showing the location of PEI in red.

A map of Canada, showing Prince Edward Island in red.

Prince Edward Island is the least populous province in Canada with 140,204 residents as of 2011 and is the smallest in land area at 5,660 km² (2,190 sq mi).^[1] Prince Edward Islands's 73 municipalities^[2] are home to 7001680000000000000♠68% of its population. These municipalities provide local government services to their residents. The remaining unincorporated areas have no local government.

Municipalities may be incorporated as either a city, town or community under Prince Edward Island's Municipalities Act of 1983 by a petition signed by at least 25 residents.^[3] There are 2 cities, 10 towns and 61 communities in Prince Edward Island;^[4]^[5] distributed across three counties: Kings, Prince and Queens. Approximately 7001250000000000000♠25% of residents live in the provincial capital of Charlottetown and another 7001210000000000000♠21% live within the Charlottetown census agglomeration.^[6]

Municipalities

Cities

Prince Edward Island has two cities.^[4] Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest city by population with 34,562 residents and area with 779.7 km² (301.0 sq mi).^[6] It is part of a large census agglomeration which encompasses the middle of the island and is home to 64,487 residents, or approximately half the island's population.^[7] The only other city is Summerside, the principal municipality on the west side of the island.

Towns

Main article: List of towns in Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island has ten towns that are incorporated municipalities,^[8] which had a cumulative population of 21,491 and an average population of 2,385 in the 2011 Census.^[6] The province's largest and smallest towns are Stratford and North Rustico with populations of 8,574 and 583 respectively.^[6] Cornwall is Prince Edward Island's largest town by area and Georgetown is Prince Edward Island's smallest town by area. The province's newest towns are Borden-Carleton and North Rustico, which both changed from community status to town status on July 31, 2012 and November 16, 2013 respectively.^[9]^[5] Every four years, towns elect a mayor and six councillors who are responsible for providing local services to the municipality. ^[4]

Communities

Prince Edward Island has 61 communities that are incorporated municipalities^[4] of which 30 are recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.^[6]^[5] These communities were previously designated villages or community improvement committees, but were all changed to communities under the Municipalities Act.^[3] The province's largest and smallest communities are Belfast and St. Louis with populations of 1,637 and 51 respectively.^[6] Every four years, communities elect a chairperson and between 3 and 6 councillors who are responsible for providing limited local services to the municipality.^[4]

List

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island's capital and largest city

Summerside, Prince Edward Island's second largest municipality and only other city

Name	County	Municipal status	Incorp. year^[10]	Pop. (2011)^[6]^[10]	Pop. (2006)^[6]	Change (%)^[6]	Area (km²)^[6]	Pop. density^[6]
Charlottetown	Queens	City	000000001855-01-01-00001855 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7004345620000000000♠34,562	7004321740000000000♠32,174	7000740000000000000♠7.4	7001443300000000000♠44.33	7002779700000000000♠779.7
Summerside	Prince	City	000000001877-01-01-00001877^{[lower-alpha 2]}	7004147510000000000♠14,751	7004145000000000000♠14,500	7000170000000000000♠1.7	7001283600000000000♠28.36	7002520100000000000♠520.1
Alberton	Prince	Town	000000001913-01-01-00001913	7003113500000000000♠1,135	7003108100000000000♠1,081	7000500000000000000♠5	7000450000000000000♠4.5	7002252100000000000♠252.1
Borden-Carleton	Prince	Town	000000001995-01-01-00001995^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7002750000000000000♠750	7002786000000000000♠786	2999540000000000000♠−4.6	7001131600000000000♠13.16	7001570000000000000♠57.0
Cornwall	Queens	Town	000000001995-01-01-00001995	7003516200000000000♠5,162	7003467700000000000♠4,677	7001104000000000000♠10.4	7001282000000000000♠28.2	7002183100000000000♠183.1
Georgetown	Kings	Town	000000001912-01-01-00001912	7002675000000000000♠675	7002634000000000000♠634	7000650000000000000♠6.5	7000165000000000000♠1.65	7002409600000000000♠409.6
Kensington	Prince	Town	000000001914-01-01-00001914	7003149600000000000♠1,496	7003148500000000000♠1,485	6999700000000000000♠0.7	7000302000000000000♠3.02	7002495400000000000♠495.4
Montague	Kings	Town	000000001917-01-01-00001917	7003189500000000000♠1,895	7003180200000000000♠1,802	7000520000000000000♠5.2	7000304000000000000♠3.04	7002622700000000000♠622.7
North Rustico	Queens	Town	000000001954-01-01-00001954^{[lower-alpha 4]}	7002583000000000000♠583	7002599000000000000♠599	2999730000000000000♠−2.7	7000245000000000000♠2.45	7002238100000000000♠238.1
O'Leary	Prince	Town	000000001951-01-01-00001951^{[lower-alpha 5]}	7002812000000000000♠812	7002861000000000000♠861	2999430000000000000♠−5.7	7000160000000000000♠1.6	7002507000000000000♠507
Souris	Kings	Town	000000001910-01-01-00001910	7003117300000000000♠1,173	7003123200000000000♠1,232	2999520000000000000♠−4.8	7000342000000000000♠3.42	7002342800000000000♠342.8
Stratford	Queens	Town	000000001995-01-01-00001995	7003857400000000000♠8,574	7003708300000000000♠7,083	7001211000000000000♠21.1	7001224800000000000♠22.48	7002381400000000000♠381.4
Abrams Village	Prince	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002267000000000000♠267	7002266000000000000♠266	6999400000000000000♠0.4	7000137000000000000♠1.37	7002195100000000000♠195.1
Afton	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7003122200000000000♠1,222
Alexandra	Queens	Community	000000001972-01-01-00001972	7002224000000000000♠224
Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay	Kings	Community	000000001975-01-01-00001975	7002262000000000000♠262
Bedeque and Area	Prince	Community	000000002014-01-01-00002014	7002310000000000000♠310	7002288000000000000♠288	7000760000000000000♠7.6	7000257000000099999♠2.57	7002120600000000000♠120.6
Belfast	Queens	Community	000000001972-01-01-00001972	7003163700000000000♠1,637
Bonshaw	Queens	Community	000000001977-01-01-00001977	7002218000000000000♠218
Brackley	Queens	Community	000000001983-01-01-00001983	7002340000000000000♠340	7002336000000000000♠336	7000120000000000000♠1.2	7000892000000000000♠8.92	7001381000000000000♠38.1
Breadalbane	Queens	Community	000000001991-01-01-00001991	7002173000000000000♠173	7002172000000000000♠172	6999600000000000000♠0.6	7001125700000000000♠12.57	7001138000000000000♠13.8
Brudenell	Kings	Community	000000001973-01-01-00001973	7002362000000000000♠362
Cardigan	Kings	Community	000000001954-01-01-00001954	7002332000000000000♠332	7002374000000000000♠374	2998888000000000000♠−11.2	7000528000000000000♠5.28	7001629000000000000♠62.9
Central Kings	Kings	Community	000000001975-01-01-00001975	7002329000000000000♠329
Clyde River	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002576000000000000♠576	7002618000000000000♠618	2999320000000000000♠−6.8	7001160500000000000♠16.05	7001359000000000000♠35.9
Crapaud	Queens	Community	000000001950-01-01-00001950	7002345000000000000♠345	7002353000000000000♠353	2999770000000000000♠−2.3	7000216000000000000♠2.16	7002159500000000000♠159.5
Darlington	Queens	Community	000000001983-01-01-00001983	7002109000000000000♠109
Eastern Kings	Kings	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002702000000000000♠702
Ellerslie-Bideford	Prince	Community	000000001977-01-01-00001977	7002357000000000000♠357
Grand Tracadie	Queens	Community	000000001984-01-01-00001984	7002293000000000000♠293
Greenmount-Montrose	Prince	Community	000000001977-01-01-00001977	7002258000000000000♠258
Hampshire	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002420000000000000♠420
Hazelbrook	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002172000000000000♠172
Hunter River	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002294000000000000♠294	7002319000000000000♠319	2999220000000000000♠−7.8	7000608000000000000♠6.08	7001484000000000000♠48.4
Kingston	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002794000000000000♠794
Kinkora	Prince	Community	000000001955-01-01-00001955	7002339000000000000♠339	7002326000000000000♠326	7000400000000000000♠4	7000382000000000000♠3.82	7001888000000000000♠88.8
Lady Slipper	Prince	Community	000000001983-01-01-00001983	7002805000000000000♠805
Linkletter	Prince	Community	000000001972-01-01-00001972	7002320000000000000♠320	7002321000000000000♠321	3000700000000000000♠−0.3	7000905000000000000♠9.05	7001354000000000000♠35.4
Lorne Valley	Kings	Community	000000001978-01-01-00001978	7002106000000000000♠106
Lot 11 and Area	Prince	Community	000000001982-01-01-00001982	7002635000000000000♠635
Lower Montague	Kings	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002665000000000000♠665
Malpeque Bay	Queens	Community	000000001973-01-01-00001973	7003102900000000000♠1,029
Meadowbank	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002338000000000000♠338	7002364000000000000♠364	2999290000000000000♠−7.1	7000925000000000000♠9.25	7001366000000000000♠36.6
Miltonvale Park	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7003115300000000000♠1,153	7003116300000000000♠1,163	3000099999999999999♠−0.9	7001353200000000000♠35.32	7001326000000000000♠32.6
Miminegash	Prince	Community	000000001968-01-01-00001968	7002173000000000000♠173	7002176000000000000♠176	2999830000000000000♠−1.7	7000185000000000000♠1.85	7001934000000000000♠93.4
Miscouche	Prince	Community	000000001957-01-01-00001957	7002869000000000000♠869	7002769000000000000♠769	7001130000000000000♠13	7000334000000000000♠3.34	7002260390000099999♠260.4
Morell	Kings	Community	000000001953-01-01-00001953	7002313000000000000♠313	7002306000000000000♠306	7000230000000099999♠2.3	7000140000000099999♠1.4	7002224100000000000♠224.1
Mount Stewart	Queens	Community	000000001953-01-01-00001953	7002225000000000000♠225	7002261000000000000♠261	2998862000000000000♠−13.8	7000122000000000000♠1.22	7002183800000000000♠183.8
Murray Harbour	Kings	Community	000000001953-01-01-00001953	7002320000000000000♠320	7002358000000000000♠358	2998894000000000000♠−10.6	7000401000000000000♠4.01	7001798000000000000♠79.8
Murray River	Kings	Community	000000001955-01-01-00001955	7002334000000000000♠334	7002430000000000000♠430	2998777000000000000♠−22.3	7000143000000000000♠1.43	7002233800000000000♠233.8
New Haven-Riverdale	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002485000000000000♠485
North Shore	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7003111200000000000♠1,112
North Wiltshire	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002182000000000000♠182
Northport	Prince	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002188000000000000♠188
Pleasant Grove	Queens	Community	000000001980-01-01-00001980	7002496000000000000♠496
Resort Municipality^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Queens	Community	000000001990-01-01-00001990	7002266000000000000♠266	7002272000000000000♠272	2999780000000000000♠−2.2	7001377400000000000♠37.74	7000700000000000000♠7
Sherbrooke	Prince	Community	000000001972-01-01-00001972	7002172000000000000♠172	7002168000000000000♠168	7000240000000000000♠2.4	7000883000000000000♠8.83	7001195000000000000♠19.5
Souris West	Kings	Community	000000001972-01-01-00001972	7002399000000000000♠399
St. Felix	Prince	Community	000000001977-01-01-00001977	7002348000000000000♠348
St. Louis	Prince	Community	000000001964-01-01-00001964	7001510000000000000♠51	7001800000000000000♠80	2998637000000000000♠−36.3	6999620000000000000♠0.62	7001827000000000000♠82.7
St. Nicholas	Prince	Community	000000001991-01-01-00001991	7002198000000000000♠198
St. Peters Bay	Kings	Community	000000001953-01-01-00001953	7002253000000000000♠253	7002248000000000000♠248	7000200000000000000♠2	7000424000000000000♠4.24	7001597000000000000♠59.7
Tignish	Prince	Community	000000001952-01-01-00001952	7002779000000000000♠779	7002758000000000000♠758	7000280000000099999♠2.8	7000586000000000000♠5.86	7002132900000000000♠132.9
Tignish Shore	Prince	Community	000000001975-01-01-00001975	7001730000000000000♠73
Tyne Valley	Prince	Community	000000001966-01-01-00001966	7002222000000000000♠222	7002226000000000000♠226	2999820009999999999♠−1.8	7000174000000000000♠1.74	7002127800000000000♠127.8
Union Road	Queens	Community	000000001977-01-01-00001977	7002235000000000000♠235	7002245000000000000♠245	2999590000000000000♠−4.1	7000995000000099999♠9.95	7001236000000000000♠23.6
Valleyfield	Kings	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002672000000000000♠672
Victoria	Queens	Community	000000001951-01-01-00001951	7002104000000000000♠104	7001770000000000000♠77	7001351000000000000♠35.1	7000140000000099999♠1.4	7001742000000000000♠74.2
Warren Grove	Queens	Community	000000001985-01-01-00001985	7002367000000000000♠367	7002341000000000000♠341	7000760000000000000♠7.6	7001103200000000000♠10.32	7001356000000000000♠35.6
Wellington	Prince	Community	000000001959-01-01-00001959	7002409000000000000♠409	7002401000000000000♠401	7000200000000000000♠2	7000180000000000000♠1.8	7002227000000000000♠227
West River	Queens	Community	000000001974-01-01-00001974	7002741000000000000♠741
Winsloe South	Queens	Community	000000001986-01-01-00001986	7002221000000000000♠221	7002198000000000000♠198	7001116000000000000♠11.6	7000963000000000000♠9.63	7001230000000000000♠23
York	Queens	Community	000000001986-01-01-00001986	7002284000000000000♠284
Total cities	–	–	–	7004493130000000000♠49,313	7004466740000000000♠46,674	7000570000000000000♠5.7	7001726900000000000♠72.69	7002678400000000000♠678.4
Total towns	–	–	–	7004214910000000000♠21,491	7004187800000000000♠18,780	7001113000000000000♠11.3	7001794700000000000♠79.47	7002263100000000000♠263.1
Total communities	–	–	–	7004266890000000000♠26,689	–	–	–	–
Total municipalities	–	–	–	7004948540000000000♠94,854	–	–	–	–

Notes

↑ Amalgamated with adjacent municipalities in 1995
↑ Incorporated as a city in 1995
↑ Incorporated as a town in 2012
↑ Incorporated as a town in 2013
↑ Incorporated as a town in 2014
↑ Resort Municipality includes Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico.

References

↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
↑ "Municipal Affairs and Provincial Planning: Municipalities". Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs. August 15, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
1 2 "Municipalities Act" (PDF). Legislative Counsel Office. December 6, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 "Municipal Affairs and Provincial Planning". Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
1 2 3 "EC2013-782" (PDF) (PDF). Prince Edward Island Executive Council. November 5, 2013. p. 3. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. January 1, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
↑ "Charlottetown Census agglomeration Census Profile". Statistics Canada. April 14, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
↑ "Municipal Affairs and Provincial Planning". Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
↑ "EC2012-443" (PDF) (PDF). Prince Edward Island Executive Council. July 31, 2012. p. 9. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
1 2 "Municipal Affairs and Provincial Planning". Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

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Subdivisions of Prince Edward Island

Subdivisions	Counties Parishes Townships Municipalities Population centres

Cities	Charlottetown Summerside

Towns	Alberton Borden-Carleton Cornwall Georgetown Kensington Montague North Rustico O'Leary Souris Stratford

Incorporated communities	Abrams Village Afton Alexandra Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay Bedeque and Area Belfast Bonshaw Brackley Breadalbane Brudenell Cardigan Central Kings Clyde River Crapaud Darlington Eastern Kings Ellerslie-Bideford Grand Tracadie Greenmount-Montrose Hampshire Hazelbrook Hunter River Kingston Kinkora Lady Slipper Linkletter Lorne Valley Lot 11 and Area Lower Montague Malpeque Bay Meadowbank Miltonvale Park Miminegash Miscouche Morell Mount Stewart Murray Harbour Murray River New Haven-Riverdale North Shore North Wiltshire Northport Pleasant Grove Resort Municipality Sherbrooke Souris West St. Felix St. Louis St. Nicholas St. Peters Bay Tignish Tignish Shore Tyne Valley Union Road Valleyfield Victoria Warren Grove Wellington West River Winsloe South York

Unincorporated communities	Bedeque Belmont Cavendish Central Bedeque Ellerslie Foxley River Freeland Hebron Knutsford Long River Mont-Carmel

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