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[[File:PEI, Canada.svg|thumb|right|upright=1.13|alt=Map of Canada showing the location of PEI in red.|A map of Canada, showing Prince Edward Island in red.]] |
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[[File:Prince Edward Island municipalities.png|thumb|upright=1.13|alt=Map showing locations of all of Prince Edward Island's municipalities|Distribution of Prince Edward Island's 72 municipalities by municipal status type {{As of|alt=as of 2017|2017}}]] |
[[File:Prince Edward Island municipalities.png|thumb|upright=1.13|alt=Map showing locations of all of Prince Edward Island's municipalities|Distribution of Prince Edward Island's 72 municipalities by municipal status type {{As of|alt=as of 2017|2017}}]] |
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[[Prince Edward Island]] is the [[Population of Canada by province and territory|least populous province]] in Canada with 154,331 residents as of the [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]] and is the [[List of Canadian provinces and territories by area|smallest in land area]] at {{convert|5681.18|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=2021province>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000101 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=March 14, 2022 | access-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref> Prince Edward Island's 63 municipalities cover {{percentage|1970.71|5681.18|1}} of the province's land mass and were home to {{percentage|112444|154331}} of its population in 2021.<ref name=2021census/><ref name=MuniMap2019>{{cite web | url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/municipal_map.pdf | title=Prince Edward Island Municipal Boundaries | publisher=Prince Edward Island: Communities, Land and Environment | date=September 18, 2019 | access-date=April 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713234039/https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/municipal_map.pdf | archive-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The remaining {{percentage|41887|154331}} of Prince Edward Island's population resides in unincorporated areas or on [[Indian reserve]]s.<ref name=2021census/><ref name=MuniMap2019/>|group=lower-alpha}} These municipalities provide [[Local government in Canada|local government]] services to their residents in the form of fire protection, municipal planning services, and emergency measures planning.<ref name=MGA/> The remaining unincorporated areas have no local government.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/msc_guidelines_final_march_2016.pdf | title=Canada – Prince Edward Island Agreement Municipal Strategic Component 2014 - 2019 Guidelines and Criteria| publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island | date= March 2016| access-date=December 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713234034/https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/msc_guidelines_final_march_2016.pdf | archive-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref> |
[[Prince Edward Island]] is the [[Population of Canada by province and territory|least populous province]] in Canada with 154,331 residents as of the [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]] and is the [[List of Canadian provinces and territories by area|smallest in land area]] at {{convert|5681.18|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=2021province>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000101 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=March 14, 2022 | access-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref> Prince Edward Island's 63 municipalities cover {{percentage|1970.71|5681.18|1}} of the province's land mass and were home to {{percentage|112444|154331}} of its population in 2021.<ref name=2021census/><ref name=MuniMap2019>{{cite web | url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/municipal_map.pdf | title=Prince Edward Island Municipal Boundaries | publisher=Prince Edward Island: Communities, Land and Environment | date=September 18, 2019 | access-date=April 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713234039/https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/municipal_map.pdf | archive-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The remaining {{percentage|41887|154331}} of Prince Edward Island's population resides in unincorporated areas or on [[Indian reserve]]s.<ref name=2021census/><ref name=MuniMap2019/>|group=lower-alpha}} These municipalities provide [[Local government in Canada|local government]] services to their residents in the form of fire protection, municipal planning services, and emergency measures planning.<ref name=MGA/> The remaining unincorporated areas have no local government.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/msc_guidelines_final_march_2016.pdf | title=Canada – Prince Edward Island Agreement Municipal Strategic Component 2014 - 2019 Guidelines and Criteria| publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island | date= March 2016| access-date=December 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713234034/https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/msc_guidelines_final_march_2016.pdf | archive-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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*[[History of Prince Edward Island]] |
* [[History of Prince Edward Island]] |
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*[[List of census agglomerations in Atlantic Canada]] |
* [[List of census agglomerations in Atlantic Canada]] |
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*[[List of population centres in Prince Edward Island]] |
* [[List of population centres in Prince Edward Island]] |
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== Notes == |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.fpeim.ca Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities] |
* [http://www.fpeim.ca Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities] |
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*[https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/municipalities Municipalities] – Government of Prince Edward Island: Department of Fisheries and Communities |
* [https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/municipalities Municipalities] – Government of Prince Edward Island: Department of Fisheries and Communities |
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[[Category:Lists of populated places in Prince Edward Island|Municipalities]] |
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