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O'Leary, a village, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NW. of Lady Slipper. Its precise location is N 46°43', W 64°14'.
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| Municipal Government Information |
The Town was incorporated in 1951 and has a population of 812.
| Telephone: | (902) 859-3311 |
| Facsimile: | (902) 859-2341 |
| Address: | P.O. Box 130, O'Leary, PE, C0B 1V0 |
| Meetings: | Second Thursday of month at 6:30 p.m. 18 Community Street This information is subject to change. Please contact the municipality to confirm the meeting time and location. |
| Office Hours: | Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Email: | olearyadm@eastlink.ca |
| Website: | http://www.townofoleary.com/ |
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| The Geography of O'Leary |
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| Statistical Information |
The PEI Community Accounts has information about O'Leary. Community Accounts provides a comprensive source of community, regional, and provincial data on social, environmental and economic topics
Information courtesy of Community Accounts
O'Leary falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Lot 6. They have detailed statistical information available
for the Lot 6 census subdivision for the following categories:
Education,Ethnicity,Family,Income,Labour Force,Population, and Shelter.
Information courtesy Statistics Canada.
| History of the Name |
The official history of the geographic name O'Leary (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
O'Leary (Sett., P.O.) was adopted in Place Names of PEI, 1925.Name changed to O'Leary (O'Leary Station P.O.)(Town) 3 December 1946 on 21I/9.O'Leary was inco rporated as a Village in 1951.O'Leary (O'Leary Station P.O.)(Village) appeared in the 1960 Gazetteer.Name changed to O'Leary (Village) when O'Leary Station (P.O.) was rescinded 4 January 1967 on 21I/9.Status of O'Leary changed to Comm unity by the Municipalities Act in 1983. "Named after Michael O'Leary, who lived at the east end of the road on the shore about 12 miles from the settlement." - PN of PEI, 1925.
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada .
