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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,580 | — |
| 1966 | 2,436 | +54.2% |
| 1971 | 3,807 | +56.3% |
| 1976 | 5,602 | +47.1% |
| 1981 | 5,681 | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 5,769 | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 6,006 | +4.1% |
| Source:Statistics Canada [1][2][3][4][5][6] | ||
Sherwood is a neighbourhood of the city ofCharlottetown in centralQueens County,Prince Edward Island,Canada.
Sherwood is centrally located in Charlottetown on the border ofQueens Royalty and the township ofLot 33.
Originally the settlement was known asSherwood Station, as it was located on the mainline of thePrince Edward Island Railway running from Charlottetown to Royalty Junction (where the line bifurcated east toMount Stewart and west toEmerald. Sherwood Station was incorporated as a village in 1960 and its name was shortened toSherwood in 1983. The village was amalgamated into the city of Charlottetown on April 1, 1995.
Sherwood was largely a farming district, located east of the royalty's common pasture land (present-day Agriculture Canada experimental farm). It bordered Charlottetown andWest Royalty on the west,Parkdale on the south, andEast Royalty on the east.
One of the biggest changes that came to Sherwood occurred in 1938 when a 300-acre (1.2 km2) parcel on the northern edge of the community was purchased by the city of Charlottetown to create an airport. TheCharlottetown Airport remains a defining landmark in the north-central part of the city and has had a major influence on Sherwood's post-war development. During the 1960s-1990s, much of the remaining farmland in Sherwood was developed in housing projects which resulted in many single-detached homes constructed throughout the area, making Sherwood one of PEI's top-five communities in terms of population.
Sherwood is home to theSherwood Falcons of theIsland Junior Hockey League, as well as theSherwood Metros of thePrince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League.
Presently a neighbourhood, Sherwood has a mix of housing, commercial and light industrial districts.
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