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[[File:Prince Edward Island map 1775.jpg|thumb|400px|1775 map with counties coloured. Left to right: Prince's, Queen's, King's]]
[[File:Prince Edward Island map 1775.jpg|thumb|400px|1775 map with counties coloured. Left to right: Prince's, Queen's, King's]]
The [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Prince Edward Island]] has three counties that have historically been used as administrative divisions for the provincial government, and prior to [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] (in 1873), the colonial government.
There are three counties in [[Prince Edward Island]], shown with their [[County seat|shire towns]]:

*[[Kings County, Prince Edward Island]]--[[Georgetown, Prince Edward Island|Georgetown]]
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 [[Royal Engineers|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 {{convert|60000|acre|sqkm|abbr=on}}; the parishes were further sub-divided into townships measuring approximately {{convert|20000|acre|sqkm|abbr=on}}.
*[[Prince County, Prince Edward Island]]--[[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]]

*[[Queens County, Prince Edward Island]]--[[Charlottetown]]
The counties are no longer used as administrative boundaries for the provincial government, however, they continue to be used as [[census division]]s by [[Statistics Canada]] for statistical purposes in administering the [[Census in Canada|Canadian census]].<ref name=2016StatCan>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=701&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling count highlight tables, 2016 Census | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=March 9, 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col"| County name
!scope="col"| Historical<br>county seat
!scope="col"| Modern<br>county seat
!scope="col"| Population<br>(2016)<ref name=2016StatCan/>
!scope="col"| Population<br>(2011)<ref name=2016StatCan/>
!scope="col"| Change<br><ref name=2016StatCan/>
!scope="col"| Land area<br>(km²)<ref name=2016StatCan/>
!scope="col"| Population<br>density<ref name=2016StatCan/>
!scope="col"| Historic High Population<br>
|-
|scope="row"| [[Kings County, Prince Edward Island|Kings]] || [[Kings Royalty, Prince Edward Island|Kings Royalty]] || [[Georgetown, Prince Edward Island|Georgetown]] ||{{change|17160|17990|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}} ||align=center| {{nts|1686.34}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|17160|1686.34|km2|prec=1}}||align=center| N/A (N/A)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Queens County, Prince Edward Island|Queens]] || [[Queens Royalty, Prince Edward Island|Queens Royalty]] || [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]] ||{{change|82017|77866|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}} ||align=center| {{nts|2020.48}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|82017|2020.48|km2|prec=1}}||align=center| N/A (N/A)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Prince County, Prince Edward Island|Prince]] || [[Prince Royalty, Prince Edward Island|Prince Royalty]] || [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]] ||{{change|43730|44348|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}} ||align=center| {{nts|1979.21}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|43730|1979.21|km2|prec=1}}||align=center| N/A (N/A)
|- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;" style="background: #f2f2f2;"
|align="left"| '''Total counties'''
|align="center"| '''&mdash;'''
|align="center"| '''&mdash;'''
|{{change|921727|913462|dec=1|align="center"|bold=on|invert=on||bgcolour=#f2f2f2}}
|align="center"| '''{{nts|52939.44}}'''
|align="center"| '''{{Pop density|921727|52939.44|km2|prec=1}}'''
|-
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 01:34, 10 March 2017

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

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]

County name Historical
county seat 		Modern
county seat 		Population
(2016)[1] 		Population
(2011)[1] 		Change
[1] 		Land area
(km²)[1] 		Population
density[1] 		Historic High Population
Kings Kings Royalty Georgetown 17,160 17,990 −4.6% 1,686.34 10.2/km2 N/A (N/A)
Queens Queens Royalty Charlottetown 82,017 77,866 +5.3% 2,020.48 40.6/km2 N/A (N/A)
Prince Prince Royalty Summerside 43,730 44,348 −1.4% 1,979.21 22.1/km2 N/A (N/A)
Total counties — — 921,727 913,462 +0.9% 52,939.44 17.4/km2

See also

Census divisions by province and territory
  1. ^ a b c d e f "Population and dwelling count highlight tables, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
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