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{{short description|None}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox subdivision type | name = Counties of Prince Edward Island | alt_name = | map = File:Canada Prince Edward Island location map 2.svg | image_caption = | territory = [[Prince Edward Island|Province of Prince Edward Island]] | start_date = | current_number = 3 | number_date = | population_range = 18,327 ([[Kings County, Prince Edward Island|Kings]]) β 89,770 ([[Queens County, Prince Edward Island|Queens]]) | area_range = 1,687.58 km<sup>2</sup> ([[Kings County, Prince Edward Island|Kings]]) β 2,006.27 km<sup>2</sup> ([[Prince County, Prince Edward Island|Prince]]) | government = [[County government]] (defunct) | subdivision = [[List of parishes in Prince Edward Island|Parishes]], [[List of townships in Prince Edward Island|townships]], [[List of municipalities in Prince Edward Island|municipalities]] }} The [[Provinces and territories of 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. 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 (surveyor)|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}}. The counties are no longer used as administrative boundaries for the provincial government; however, they continue to be used as [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]]s by [[Statistics Canada]] for statistical purposes in administering the [[Census in Canada|Canadian census]].<ref name=censusdivisions>{{cite web |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census divisions, 2021 and 2016 censuses β 100% data |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=9 February 2022 |access-date=6 May 2025}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" !scope="col"| County !scope="col"| County seat<br>(current) !scope="col"| County seat<br>(historical) !scope="col"| Established !scope="col"| Population<br>(2021)<ref name=censusdivisions/> !scope="col"| Population<br>(2016)<ref name=censusdivisions/> !scope="col"| Change<br><ref name=censusdivisions/> !scope="col"| Land area<br>(km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=censusdivisions/> !scope="col"| Population density<br>(per km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=censusdivisions/> !scope="col"| Map |- |scope="row"| [[Kings County, Prince Edward Island|Kings]] || [[Georgetown, Prince Edward Island|Georgetown]] || [[Kings Royalty, Prince Edward Island|Kings Royalty]] || 1765 || {{change|18327|17154|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}} ||align=center| {{nts|1687.58}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|18327|1687.58|prec=1}}||align=center| [[File:Prince Edward Island Kings County.svg|100px]] |- |scope="row"| [[Queens County, Prince Edward Island|Queens]] || [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]] || [[Queens Royalty, Prince Edward Island|Queens Royalty]] || 1765 || {{change|89770|81843|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}} ||align=center| {{nts|1987.32}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|89770|1987.32|prec=1}}||align=center| [[File:Prince Edward Island Queens County.svg|100px]] |- |scope="row"| [[Prince County, Prince Edward Island|Prince]] || [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]] || [[Prince Royalty, Prince Edward Island|Prince Royalty]] || 1765 || {{change|46234|43910|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}} ||align=center| {{nts|2006.27}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|46234|2006.27|prec=1}}||align=center| [[File:Prince Edward Island Prince County.svg|100px]] |- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;" style="background: #f2f2f2;" |align=left| '''Total counties''' |align=center| '''—''' |align=center| '''—''' |align=center| '''—''' |{{change|154331|142907|dec=1|align=center|bold=on|invert=on||bgcolour=#f2f2f2}} |align=center| '''{{nts|5681.17}}''' |align=center| '''{{Pop density|154331|5681.18|prec=1}}''' |align=center| '''—''' |- |} ==See also== {{Portal|Canada}} *[[Administrative divisions of Canada]] {{Subdivisions of Prince Edward Island|counties=yes}} {{Canada topic|Census divisions of}} ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Counties of Prince Edward Island| ]] [[Category:Lists of populated places in Prince Edward Island|Counties]] [[Category:Lists of counties|Prince Edward Island]]
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