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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.
According to Statistics Canada, the province of Prince Edward Island had 179,301 residents in 2024. [9] The backbone of the island economy is farming; it produces 25% of Canada's potatoes . Other important industries include fisheries , tourism, aerospace , biotechnology , information technology and renewable energy . [ 10 ]
Canada is divided into 10 provinces and three territories.The majority of Canada's population is concentrated in the areas close to the Canada–US border.Its four largest provinces by area (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta) are also its most populous; together they account for 86.5 percent of the country's population.
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]
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 of the British Army's 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.
February 7 – 2024 Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election in Prince Edward Island is held. The seat is won by the Green candidate Matt MacFarlane. [16] [17] February 22 – Residents of Westlock Alberta, votes to ban pride flags and coloured crosswalks on municipal property. [18] [19]
^e Population calculated by removing the population of Lennox Island (pop. 323) [5] and Holman Island (pop. 5) [6] from the population of the province of Prince Edward Island (pop. 142,907) [7] ^f Population calculated by adding Census Tracts 4620550.04 (4,797), 4620550.02 (3,233) and 4620550.03 (6,683).
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Souris had a population of 1,079 living in 480 of its 533 total private dwellings, a change of 2.5% from its 2016 population of 1,053. With a land area of 3.61 km 2 (1.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 298.9/km 2 (774.1/sq mi) in 2021. [17]