Prince County, Prince Edward Island

Coordinates: 46°45′N 64°5′W / 46.750°N 64.083°W / 46.750; -64.083
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This article is about Prince Edward Island county. For the Canadian federal political riding, see Prince County (electoral district).
Prince County
Comté de Prince (French)
Location of Prince County in Prince Edward Island.
Location of Prince County in Prince Edward Island.
Incorporated Towns & MunicipalitiesSummerside (city), Alberton (town), Borden-Carleton (town), Kensington (town), O'Leary (town)
ParishesNorth Parish, Egmont Parish, Halifax Parish, Richmond Parish, St. David's Parish
Townships and royalties
List
Area
[1]
 • Total1,979.21 km2 (764.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total46,234
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Median income/capita$30,609

Prince County is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the narrowest portion of Prince Edward Island's landmass, an isthmus upon which the city of Summerside is located.

The geographic division created by Malpeque Bay is informally augmented by a socio-economic division between the more urban East Prince and rural West Prince, although the line of division generally varies. Much of Prince Edward Island's industrial base is concentrated in the eastern part of the county, with three large frozen French fry manufacturing plants, a potato chip manufacturing plant, and an aerospace industry located at a former air force base. Industrial farming for root crops such as potatoes accounts for the majority of rural economic activity, followed by fishing for shellfish such as lobster and crab.

The county was named by Capt.

Princetown, but the inferior harbour for Prince Royalty
saw the settlement pattern change to give this honour to Summerside.

Demographics

Historical populations
YearPop.±%
2016
43,730−1.4%
[2][3][4][5][1][6]

As a

census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prince County had a population of 46,234 living in 19,660 of its 22,776 total private dwellings, a change of 5.3% from its 2016 population of 43,910. With a land area of 2,006.27 km2 (774.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.0/km2 (59.7/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

Transportation

Major highways

Places

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Prince, County [Census division], Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada
    . 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada
    . 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada
    . 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  5. Canada 1996 Census. Statistics Canada
    . 1996. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. ^ Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1944). Cudmore, S. A. (ed.). Eighth Census of Canada 1941 (Report). Vol. II: Population by Local Subdivisions. Edmond Cloutier, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. p. 55.
  7. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.

46°45′N 64°5′W / 46.750°N 64.083°W / 46.750; -64.083

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