List of counties of Prince Edward Island

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island has three counties that have historically been used as administrative divisions for the provincial government, and prior to Confederation (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 Captain Samuel Holland of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers. Holland's survey saw the island divided into the three counties, each of which had a "royalty" (or shire town) as a county seat. The rest of the county outside the royalty was sub-divided into parishes for the Church of England, measuring approximately Template:Convert; the parishes were further sub-divided into townships measuring approximately Template:Convert.

The counties are no longer used as administrative boundaries for the provincial government; however, they continue to be used as census divisions by Statistics Canada for statistical purposes in administering the Canadian census.<ref name=censusdivisions>Template:Cite web</ref>

County	County seat (current)	County seat (historical)	Established	Population (2021)<ref name=censusdivisions/>	Population (2016)<ref name=censusdivisions/>	Change <ref name=censusdivisions/>	Land area (km2)<ref name=censusdivisions/>	Population density (per km2)<ref name=censusdivisions/>	Map
Kings	Georgetown	Kings Royalty	1765	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Queens	Charlottetown	Queens Royalty	1765	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Prince	Summerside	Prince Royalty	1765	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Total counties	—	—	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density	—

See also

• Administrative divisions of Canada