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Summerside, a city, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NW. of Charlottetown. Its precise location is 46'23"N, 63'47"W.

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

The City was incorporated in 1995 and has a population of 14500.

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.

	Waterfront 500 x 367 - 54K 708 x 520 - 81K		PEI Farm Equipment 710 x 502 - 35K 500 x 353 - 45K
	Canada Customs and Revenue Agency 710 x 502 - 67K 500 x 353 - 71K		Waterfront 500 x 367 - 47K 708 x 520 - 66K

MORE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 5 aerial photographs of Summerside 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.

	Jubilee Theatre/Wyatt Centre Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 307 - 33K 640 x 394 - 51K 800 x 493 - 78K 1024 x 631 - 105K 1372 x 845 - 199K		Jubilee Theatre/Wyatt Centre Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 335 - 50K 640 x 430 - 59K 800 x 537 - 86K 1024 x 688 - 115K 1322 x 888 - 200K
	Spinnaker's Landing Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 499 x 255 - 30K 640 x 327 - 45K 800 x 409 - 69K 1024 x 523 - 92K 1348 x 689 - 169K		The College of Piping Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 324 - 60K 640 x 416 - 82K 800 x 520 - 121K 1024 x 666 - 160K 1314 x 854 - 266K

MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 46 community photographs of Summerside 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 961 businesses in Summerside.

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

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

Maps

You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Summerside 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 Summerside.

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 Summerside.

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.

Summerside falls inside the Statistics Canada census subdivision of Summerside. We have detailed statistical information available for the Summerside 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 Summerside (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):

Summerside (Town) was incorporated in 1877.Confirmed in Place Names of Prince Edward Island, 1925.Confirmed 2 August 1944 on 11 L/5.Status changed to City and appliction altered by the inclusion of the former Communities of Wilmot and St. Eleanors and part of Sherbrooke by the City of Summerside Act on 1 April 19 95. Confirmed 17 June 1996 on 11 L/5. (1) See also Place Names of Prince Edward Island, 1925. (2) According to an arti cle in Star Weekly dated November 8, 1969, Summerside was once Green's Shore, na med for Daniel Green, a Loyalist granted land here on the south side of Prince E dward Island.His son called his house (also an inn) Summerside House, and so p eople began calling the settlement that.

Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.