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Charlottetown, a city, is located in Queens County in the central portion of Prince Edward Island, SE. of Summerside, NW. of Georgetown. Its precise location is 46'14"N, 63'08"W.

This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to Charlottetown. You can also search for information on other communities.

The City was incorporated in 1995 and has a population of 32174.

Aerial photography courtesy of AirScapes. All aerial photographs are available for sale, as prints or slides; please contact AirScapes for details. You can also see a complete list of aerial photographs of the Island.

	Charlottetown Driving Park 500 x 342 - 67K 708 x 485 - 115K		Charlottetown 500 x 367 - 49K 708 x 520 - 82K
	Charlottetown 500 x 367 - 44K 708 x 520 - 74K		Charlottetown 500 x 280 - 54K 711 x 399 - 116K

MORE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 24 aerial photographs of Charlottetown in our Aerial Photo Gallery.

Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. We are constantly adding to our collection, and welcome your suggestions.

	St. Paul's Church Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 360 - 64K 640 x 462 - 92K 800 x 578 - 137K 1024 x 739 - 179K 1219 x 880 - 264K		Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 343 - 39K 640 x 440 - 58K 800 x 550 - 90K 1024 x 704 - 119K 1139 x 783 - 163K
	Holland College Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 298 - 50K 640 x 382 - 71K 800 x 478 - 109K 1024 x 612 - 145K 1352 x 808 - 269K		Quartermaster Marine Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 331 - 33K 640 x 425 - 44K 800 x 531 - 65K 1024 x 680 - 88K 1333 x 885 - 157K

MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 50 community photographs of Charlottetown in our Photo Gallery. You can send us your own photos for inclusion here.

Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 2436 businesses in Charlottetown.

InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI information on Charlottetown, select a category and click GO.

Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in Charlottetown, select a category and click GO.

Maps

You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Charlottetown and area. Click on any of the links below:

Driving Distances and Times

To find driving distances and times from other locations, consult the distance chart for Charlottetown.

The following residential and commercial real estate and vacant land is currently listed in the Prince Edward Island MLS system, operated independently by the PEI Real Estate Association. Select any property and click More Information to see the listing from the MLS website, provided by the realtor. For more real estate information, see our interactive real estate map for Charlottetown.

Please note that while the Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association have used their best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of this information, it is provided as a general reference only. The Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association assume no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the information generated.

Charlottetown falls inside the Statistics Canada census subdivision of Charlottetown. We have detailed statistical information available for the Charlottetown census subdivision for the following categories: Education, Ethnicity, Family, Income, Labour Force, Population, and Shelter.

Information courtesy Statistics Canada.

The official history of the geographic name Charlottetown (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):

Incorporated as a town in 1855 and as a city in 1875.Confirmed in Place Names of PEI, 1925 and 12 December 1939 on 11L/3.Application altered 1 April 1995 by the Charlottetown Area Municipalities Act; now includes the formerly incorporat ed areas of Parkdale, Sherwood, Hillsborough Park, Winsloe, West Royalty, and Ea st Royalty.Name confirmed 17 June 1996 on 11 L/3. For origin see "Citizen" by Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Volume 9, no.3, June 1963; Mackinnon, 1930, page 48 "Under Governor Francklin Charlotteto wn was laid out as the capital of the island in May, 1768."After Queen Charlot te, the consort of George III. - Place Names of PEI, 1925. Contains the Localities of Brighton, Spring Park, Lewis Point, West Royalty, Hig hfield, Winsloe and the Former Ry. Pt. of St. Dunstan's.

Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.