Kingston is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

, Canada. It is located within Queens County to the west of Charlottetown. The community is mainly farms with a small residential area.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Kingston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

Local government in Kingston is in the form of a seven-member community council with a chair. The council sits at Cornwall Post Office in

Cornwall, Prince Edward Island Cornwall is a Canadian town located in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County, Prince Edward Island. The town is located immediately west of the provincial capital Charlottetown. History The community of Cornwall traces its histor ...

. Provincially, the area is covered by the following three districts with a MLA representing each: *

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; *

Cornwall-Meadowbank Cornwall-Meadowbank is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as North River-Rice Point. The riding consists of the Town of Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) ...

; and *

Kellys Cross-Cumberland Kellys Cross-Cumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Crapaud-Hazel Grove. It was the first provincial constituency to elect a member of the Green Pa ...

. At the federal level, it is located within the riding of Charlottetown.

Attractions

Kingston United Church c. 1863

Transportation

The main roads in Kingston is Kingston Road ( Route 235 (Prince Edward Island)) and Bannockburn Road (

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) are secondary provincial highways. The closest airport is

Charlottetown Airport Charlottetown Airport is located north of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The airport is currently run by the Charlottetown Airport Authority, is owned by Transport Canada and forms part of the National Airports System. The airp ...

and there are no railway lines as they are not found in the province.

References

{{PEI Communities in Queens County, Prince Edward Island Rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island