| Counties of Prince Edward Island | |
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| Location | Province of Prince Edward Island |
| Number | 3 |
| Populations | 18,327 (Kings) – 89,770 (Queens) |
| Areas | 1,687.58 km2 (Kings) – 2,006.27 km2 (Prince) |
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TheCanadian province ofPrince Edward Island has three counties that have historically been used as administrative divisions for the provincial government, and prior toConfederation (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 CaptainSamuel Holland of theBritish Army'sCorps of Royal Engineers. Holland's survey saw the island divided into the three counties, each of which had a "royalty" (orshire town) as a county seat. The rest of the county outside the royalty was sub-divided into parishes for theChurch of England, measuring approximately 60,000 acres (240 km2); the parishes were further sub-divided into townships measuring approximately 20,000 acres (81 km2).
The counties are no longer used as administrative boundaries for the provincial government; however, they continue to be used ascensus divisions byStatistics Canada for statistical purposes in administering theCanadian census.[1]
| County | County seat (current) | County seat (historical) | Established | Population (2021)[1] | Population (2016)[1] | Change [1] | Land area (km2)[1] | Population density (per km2)[1] | Map |
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| Kings | Georgetown | Kings Royalty | 1765 | 18,327 | 17,154 | +6.8% | 1,687.58 | 10.9 |  |
| Queens | Charlottetown | Queens Royalty | 1765 | 89,770 | 81,843 | +9.7% | 1,987.32 | 45.2 |  |
| Prince | Summerside | Prince Royalty | 1765 | 46,234 | 43,910 | +5.3% | 2,006.27 | 23.0 |  |
| Total counties | — | — | — | 154,331 | 142,907 | +8.0% | 5,681.17 | 27.2 | — |
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