List of population centres in Prince Edward Island

Population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km2.[1]

Main article: List of the 100 largest population centres in Canada

The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.[1]

In the 2016 census, Statistics Canada listed five population centres in the province of Prince Edward Island.[2]

List
Rank Population centre[2] Size group[2] Population (2016)[2] Population (2011)[2] % Change[2]
1 Charlottetown Medium 44,739 41,613 +7.5%
2 Summerside Small 13,814 13,872 -0.4%
3 Cornwall Small 2,460 2,499 -1.6%
4 Montague Small 1,834 1,741 +5.3%
5 Kensington Small 1,562 1,454 +7.4%

References
  1. "From urban areas to population centres" Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Canada, May 5, 2011.
  2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. February 20, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
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