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Prince Edward Island is by a strong margin the most Celtic and specifically the most Scottish province in Canada and perhaps the most Scottish place (ethnically) in the world, outside Scotland. 38% of islanders claim Scottish ancestry, but this is an underestimate and it is thought that almost 50% of islanders have Scottish roots.
A map of Canada, showing Prince Edward Island in red. Distribution of Prince Edward Island's 72 municipalities by municipal status type as of 2017. Prince Edward Island is the least populous province in Canada with 154,331 residents as of the 2021 census and is the smallest in land area at 5,681.18 km 2 (2,193.52 sq mi). [1]
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 of no fewer than 400 persons per square km 2. [1]
A town is an incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island has ten towns, [1] which had a cumulative population of 28,905 and an average population of 2,891 in the 2016 Census. [2] The province's largest and smallest towns are Stratford and North Rustico with populations of 9,706 and 607 ...
As Prince Edward Island is one of Canada's older settled areas, its population still reflects the origins of its earliest settlers, with Acadian, Scottish, Irish, and English surnames being dominant. Prince Edward Island is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence , about 10 km (6 miles) across the Northumberland Strait from both Nova Scotia and New ...
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 km 2 (774.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.0/km 2 (59.7/sq mi) in ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cornwall had a population of 6,574 living in 2,642 of its 2,770 total private dwellings, a change of 22.9% from its 2016 population of 5,348. With a land area of 28.21 km 2 (10.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 233.0/km 2 (603.6/sq mi) in 2021. [13]
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.