List of counties of Prince Edward Island
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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 Script error: No such module "convert".; the parishes were further sub-divided into townships measuring approximately Script error: No such module "convert"..
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 | County seat (current) |
County seat (historical) |
Established | Population (2021)[1] |
Population (2016)[1] |
Change [1] |
Land area (km2)[1] |
Population density (per km2)[1] |
Map |
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| Kings | Georgetown | Kings Royalty | 1765 | Template:Change | Template:Nts | Template:Pop density | File:Prince Edward Island Kings County.svg | ||
| Queens | Charlottetown | Queens Royalty | 1765 | Template:Change | Template:Nts | Template:Pop density | File:Prince Edward Island Queens County.svg | ||
| Prince | Summerside | Prince Royalty | 1765 | Template:Change | Template:Nts | Template:Pop density | File:Prince Edward Island Prince County.svg | ||
| Total counties | — | — | — | Template:Change | Template:Nts | Template:Pop density | — |
See also
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