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Margate, an unincorporated area, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NE. of Kensington. Its precise location is 46'28"N, 63'35"W.
This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to Margate. You can also search for information on other communities.
| Aerial Photographs |
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.
| Margate 500 x 358 - 54K 711 x 510 - 114K |
| Business Directory |
Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 9 businesses in Margate.
| InfoPEI Listings |
InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI information on Margate, select a category and click GO.
| Visitors Guide Listings |
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in Margate, select a category and click GO.
| The Geography of Margate |
Maps
You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Margate and area. Click on any of the links below:
| Real Estate for Sale |
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 Margate.
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.
| Census Information |
Margate falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of . We have detailed statistical information available
for the 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 Margate (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
Margate (Sett., P.O.) was adopted in Place Names of PEI, 1925.Confirmed 2 Augu st 1944 on 11L/5.Status changed to Sett. when P.O. closed 22 May 1948.Status changed to Locality 23 October 1989 on 203-8. The first settler, named Smith, came from Margate, England about 1790. (Place N ames of PEI, 1925.)
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.



This information has been taken from www.gov.pe.ca