27 Facts About Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 to discuss a union of the Maritime provinces; however, the conference became the first in a series of meetings which led to Canadian Confederation in 1867.

Prince Edward Island initially balked at Confederation but, facing bankruptcy from the Land Question and construction of a railroad, joined as Canada's seventh province in 1873.

Prince Edward Island is located in the Gulf of St Lawrence, about 200 kilometres north of Halifax and 600 kilometres east of Quebec City, and has a land area of 5,686.

Prince Edward Island is known in the Mi'kmaq language of its historic indigenous occupants as Abegweit or Epekwitk, roughly translated as "land cradled in the waves".

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Prince Edward Island is located in the Gulf of St Lawrence, west of Cape Breton Island, north of the Nova Scotia peninsula, and east of New Brunswick.

Province of Prince Edward Island is completely dependent on groundwater for its source of drinking water, with approximately 305 high capacity wells in use as of December 2018.

Prince Edward Island used to have native moose, bear, caribou, wolf, and other larger species.

In 1853, the Prince Edward Island government passed the Land Purchase Act which empowered them to purchase lands from those owners who were willing to sell, and then resell the land to settlers for low prices.

In September 1864, Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference, which was the first meeting in the process leading to the Quebec Resolutions and the creation of Canada in 1867.

Prince Edward Island did not find the terms of union favourable and balked at joining in 1867, choosing to remain a colony of the United Kingdom.

Prince Edward Island's population is largely white; there are few visible minorities.

In 2016, the Census of Agriculture counted 1,353 farms on the Prince Edward Island, which is a 9.

Prince Edward Island's economy has grown significantly over the last decade in key areas of innovation.

The University of Prince Edward Island is the province's only public university, and is located in the city of Charlottetown.

Prince Edward Island is governed by a parliamentary government within the construct of constitutional monarchy; the monarchy in Prince Edward Island is the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

Prince Edward Island is divided into three counties that have historically been used as administrative divisions for the provincial government, and prior to Confederation, the colonial government.

Prince Edward Island offers programs and services in areas such as acute care, primary care, home care, palliative care, public health, chronic disease prevention, and mental health and addictions, to name a few.

In recent decades, Prince Edward Island's population has shown statistically significant and abnormally high rates of diagnosed rare cancers, particularly in rural areas.

Until 2016, Prince Edward Island was the only province in Canada that did not provide abortion services through its hospitals.

In 1988, following the court decision R v Morgentaler, the then-opposition Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island tabled a motion demanding that the ban on abortions be upheld at the province's hospitals; the then-governing Prince Edward Island Liberal Party under Premier Joe Ghiz acquiesced and the ban was upheld.

Until more local access was guaranteed, the Government of Prince Edward Island funded abortions for women who travelled to another province.

Women from Prince Edward Island travelled to the nearest private user-pay clinic, where they were required pay for the procedure using their own funds.

Prince Edward Island's documented music history begins in the 19th century with religious music, some written by the local pump and block maker and organ-importer, Watson Duchemin.

Prince Edward Island is home to the Summerside Western Capitals, a junior ice hockey team of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.

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In 2008 and 2009, Prince Edward Island hosted the Tour de PEI, a province-wide cycling race consisting of women from around the world.

Prince Edward Island has hosted two Canada Games, the 1991 Canada Winter Games, and the 2009 Canada Summer Games.