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Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte , Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in 1855.
Charlottetown is a town in Labrador with a population of 292 (2021 census) [1] in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.It was said to be founded by Benjamin Powell in 1950 and named for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: "I thought that maybe someday the place would be the capital of the bay, the same way Charlottetown is the capital of Prince Edward Island."
Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest city both by population with 38,809 residents and by land area with 44.27 km 2 (17.09 sq mi). [2] It forms the core of a census agglomeration that encompasses the middle of the island and is home to 78,858 residents, or 51% of the island's population. [8]
City 2021 2016 2011 2006 ... All statistics according to 2016 ... The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown comprises the entire Island and is the second oldest ...
Stratford, a suburb of Charlottetown located south-east across the Hillsborough River, is the third-largest community in Prince Edward Island. Queens County is the only county in Prince Edward Island to have experienced population growth since 2011, with a change of +5.3% from 77,866 recorded in the Canada 2011 Census .
A city's metropolitan area in colloquial or administrative terms may be different from its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area , where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east ...
East Royalty is located in the northeast portion of the city and occupies the eastern part of the township of Queens Royalty. Originally a rural farming community, East Royalty became an incorporated village before being amalgamated into Charlottetown on April 1, 1995.
Originally, Charlottetown was unincorporated, therefore the "royalty" and the community were largely synonymous, with many using the term "Charlottetown Royalty". Charlottetown itself was not officially incorporated as a town until 1855 (and then only hosted 6,000 residents) and only became a city in 1885.