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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", ...

– Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and is the smallest in the nation in land area and in population. According to the 2011 census, the province of Prince Edward Island has 140,204 residents. It is located approximately 200 km north of Halifax, Nova Scotia and 600 km east of Quebec City. It consists of the main island plus 231 minor islands.

General reference

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: * Common English country name(s):

* Official English country name(s): Province of Prince Edward Island * Nickname(s): ** "Garden of the Gulf" ** "Birthplace of Confederation" * Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): * Demonym(s):

Geography of Prince Edward Island

Geography of Prince Edward Island The geography of Prince Edward Island is mostly pastoral with red soil, white sand, and scattered communities. Known as the "Garden of the Gulf", the island is located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence north of Nova Scotia and east of New Brunswick, ...

* Prince Edward Island is: an island

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* Population of Prince Edward Island: * Area of Prince Edward Island: * Atlas of Prince Edward Island

Location

* Prince Edward Island is situated within the following regions: ** Northern Hemisphere,

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Eastern Canada Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of the Hudson Bay/ Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newfoundland and Labrado ...

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The Maritimes The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of C ...

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

*** Gulf of St. Lawrence *

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Environment of Prince Edward Island

* List of protected areas of Prince Edward Island ** List of historic places in Prince Edward Island **

List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Prince Edward Island This is a list of National Historic Sites (french: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Prince Edward Island. There are 22 National Historic Sites designated in Prince Edward Island, five of which are administered by Parks Canada (id ...

Natural geographic features of Prince Edward Island

* Islands of Prince Edward Island *

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* World Heritage Sites in Prince Edward Island

Islands of Prince Edward Island

List of islands of Prince Edward Island This is a list of islands of the Atlantic Canadian province of Prince Edward Island besides the main island (with the same name): * Boughton Island, , third largest overall, uninhabited but popular for day visits for hiking and picknicking * ...

Administrative divisions of Prince Edward Island

* Counties of Prince Edward Island ** Parishes in Prince Edward Island

= Counties of Prince Edward Island

= Counties of Prince Edward Island *

Kings County, Prince Edward Island Kings County (2021 population 18,327) is located in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the province's smallest, most rural and least-populated county. Kings County is also least dependent upon the agriculture industry compared with the o ...

** Shiretown: Georgetown *

Prince County, Prince Edward Island 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 isthmu ...

** Shiretown: Summerside *

Queens County, Prince Edward Island Queens County is a county in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the largest county in the province by population with 89,770 (2021) and land. Charlottetown is the county seat of Queens County, and is the largest city and the capi ...

** Shiretown: Charlottetown

= Parishes of Prince Edward Island, by county

= * Prince County ** North Parish ** Egmont Parish ** Halifax Parish ** Richmond Parish ** St. David's Parish * Queens County ** Grenville Parish ** Hillsboro Parish ** Charlotte Parish ** Bedford Parish ** St. John's Parish * Kings County ** St. Mary's Parish ** St. Patrick's Parish ** East Parish ** St. George's Parish ** St. Andrew's Parish

= Municipalities of Prince Edward Island

= * Capital of Prince Edward Island: Capital of Prince Edward Island *

List of population centres in Prince Edward Island A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density ...

* Cities of Prince Edward Island * List of townships in Prince Edward Island

Demography of Prince Edward Island

Demographics of Prince Edward Island *

Government and politics of Prince Edward Island

Politics of Prince Edward Island * Form of government:

Constitutional monarchy A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making. Constitutional monarchies dif ...

* Capital of Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown * Elections in Prince Edward Island **

Elections Prince Edward Island Elections Prince Edward Island is the Prince Edward Island non-partisan agency of the legislative assembly charged with running provincial elections, referendums, and municipal elections. References External links * Prince Edward Island ...

** Canadian federal election results in Prince Edward Island ** Prince Edward Island general elections ***

1873 Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...

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1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in t ...

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

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1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puni ...

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...

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1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". * January ...

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ...

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

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1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...

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1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

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1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

- 2003 - 2007- 2011 - 2015 * First Nations in Prince Edward Island – First Nations are the various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. ** Indian Association of Prince Edward Island – province-wide First Nations rights organization. * Political parties in Prince Edward Island * Taxation in Prince Edward Island

Federal representation

* Senators

Provincial government of Prince Edward Island

Executive branch

* Head of state: King in Right of Prince Edward Island,

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** Head of state's representative (

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): Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island ***

List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, known as ''St. John's Island'' until 1799. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Prince Edward Island came into being only upon the ...

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Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

Premier of Prince Edward Island The premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The current premier of Prince Edward Island is Dennis King, from the Progressive Conservative Party. See also ...

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List of premiers of Prince Edward Island The premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. They are the province's head of government and ''de facto'' chief executive. Prince Edward Island was a British crown colony before it ...

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Deputy Premier of Prince Edward Island The deputy premier of Prince Edward Island is an office that was created on January 13, 2010, with the appointment of its first occupier George Webster, by Premier Robert Ghiz.Executive Council of Prince Edward Island The Executive Council of Prince Edward Island (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Prince Edward Island) is the cabinet of that Canadian province. Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, th ...

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, as representative of the King in Right of Prince Edward Island *

Order of precedence in Prince Edward Island {{Precedence The Prince Edward Island order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Prince Edward Island. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a pr ...

* Prince Edward Island ministries

Legislative branch

* Parliament of Prince Edward Island, which has 2 components: ** King-in-Parliament (

), represented in his absence by the

Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, known as ''St. John's Island'' until 1799. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Prince Edward Island came into being only upon the ...

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Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is the sole chamber of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly meets at Province House, which is locat ...

*** Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island *** List of Prince Edward Island General Assemblies ***

Leader of the Opposition (Prince Edward Island) The leader of the Opposition in Prince Edward Island is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. ''This list is incomplete'' {{Politics of Prince ...

* Federal representation ** List of Prince Edward Island senators

Judicial branch

Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island The Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (also called the Prince Edward Island Supreme Court, or PESC) is the superior court of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The Court is composed of five judges, led by its Chief Justice, curre ...

** Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island *** Court of King's Bench of Prince Edward Island (Superior court) ****

Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island The Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island is the provincial court of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, established according to the ''Provincial Court Act''. The Provincial Court has three judges, who sit in Summerside, Charlottet ...

***** County Court of Prince Edward Island

Foreign relations of Prince Edward Island

Foreign relations of Prince Edward Island * Diplomatic missions in Prince Edward Island * Diplomatic missions of Prince Edward Island

Law and order in Prince Edward Island

* Same-sex marriage in Prince Edward Island

Military of Prince Edward Island

Local government in Prince Edward Island

History of Prince Edward Island

History of Prince Edward Island The history of Prince Edward Island covers several historical periods, from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the island formed a part of Mi'kma'ki, the lands of the Mi'kmaq people. The island was first ...

History of Prince Edward Island, by period

History of Prince Edward Island, by region

History of Prince Edward Island, by subject

Culture of Prince Edward Island

Culture of 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", ...

* Architecture in Prince Edward Island ** List of lighthouses in Prince Edward Island *

Museums in Prince Edward Island A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Order of Prince Edward Island The Order of Prince Edward Island (french: Ordre de Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Instituted in 1996 by Lieutenant Governor Gilbert Clements, on the advice of the Cabinet ...

* Scouting and Guiding in Prince Edward Island * Symbols of Prince Edward Island **

Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island The coat of arms of Prince Edward Island, officially the King's Arms in Right of Prince Edward Island, are the coat of arms of Prince Edward Island, being the arms of King Charles III in right of the province. They were created when the shiel ...

Flag of Prince Edward Island The flag of Prince Edward Island consists of a golden lion passant on a red field in the upper portion and a white field defaced with three oak saplings and a large oak tree on a green island in the bottom portion. This is bordered on three ed ...

* World Heritage Sites in Prince Edward Island

Art in Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts (PEICA), established in 1974, provides vital support to the arts on Prince Edward Island and acts as the province's arts funding agency comparable to like organizations in other Canadian Provinces. Dedic ...

* Music of Prince Edward Island ** Prince Edward Island Music Awards

Sports in Prince Edward Island

* List of curling clubs in Prince Edward Island * Hockey in Prince Edward Island **

List of ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island The following is a list of ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island, past and present. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won. Minor Professional American Hockey League Junior Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Maritime ...

Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League The 'Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League'' is a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The league was known as the Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League until 2009. The winner ...

* Prince Edward Island Rugby Union *

Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Prince Edward Island provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by Curl PEI, the provincial curling association. The winning team represents Prince Edward Island at ...

Economy of Prince Edward Island

Economy of Prince Edward Island An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

* Communications in Prince Edward Island **

List of radio stations in Prince Edward Island The following is a list of radio stations in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, . See also * Lists of radio stations in North and Central America External linksCanadian Communications Foundation- History of radio stations in Prin ...

** List of television stations in Prince Edward Island **

Postage stamps and postal history of Prince Edward Island This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of 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, bu ...

* Energy in Prince Edward Island ** List of electrical generating stations in Prince Edward Island ** Petroleum pricing in Prince Edward Island * Health in Prince Edward Island **

Prince Edward Island Hospital The Prince Edward Island Hospital is a former acute care hospital that was located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was the first public general hospital established in the province and the largest such facility throughout its history. ...

* Transport in Prince Edward Island **

Airports in Prince Edward Island An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfac ...

** Roads in Prince Edward Island ***

List of Prince Edward Island provincial highways This is a list of numbered highways in the province of Prince Edward Island. Arterial highways Prince Edward relies mostly on arterial roads for major inter-city routes. The only expressway in the entire province is the Cornwall Bypass which i ...

** Vehicle registration plates of Prince Edward Island

Education in Prince Edward Island

English Language School Board (Prince Edward Island) Public Schools Branch (PSB), formerly the English Language School Board or ELSB, is a Canadian school district in Prince Edward Island. The Public Schools Branch is an Anglophone district operating 56 public schools (gr. K–12) in Prince Count ...

List of school districts in Prince Edward Island There are 2 school districts in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Formerly 5, the number has decreased with merges in some areas of the province. Current school districts Former school districts See also * List of schools in ...

Higher education in Prince Edward Island Higher education in Prince Edward Island (also referred to as post-secondary education) refers to education provided by higher education institutions in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. In Canada, education is the responsibility o ...

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' ...

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