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Cardigan, a village, is located in Kings County in the eastern portion of Prince Edward Island, N. of Brudenell. Its precise location is 46'14"N, 62'37"W.
This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to Cardigan. You can also search for information on other communities.
| Municipal Government Information |
The Municipality was incorporated in 1954 and has a population of 374.
| Telephone: | (902) 583-3200 |
| Facsimile: | (902) 583-3210 |
| Address: | PO Box 40, Cardigan, PE, C0A 1G0 |
| Meetings: | Second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. |
| Office Hours: | No fixed hours. |
| Email: | jimmy@lunchonline.ca |
| 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.
| Cardigan 500 x 365 - 46K 700 x 511 - 110K |
| Community Photographs |
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.
| Cardigan Credit: John MacDonald 500 x 337 - 59K 720 x 486 - 324K | Dirt Road Credit: John MacDonald 500 x 337 - 46K 720 x 486 - 258K | ||
| Cardigan Consolidated School Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 328 - 26K 640 x 420 - 39K 800 x 526 - 62K 1024 x 673 - 103K 1860 x 1222 - 330K | All Saints Cemetery Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 42K 640 x 427 - 67K 800 x 534 - 97K 1024 x 683 - 146K 1900 x 1267 - 321K | ||
MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 11 community photographs of Cardigan in our Photo Gallery. You can send us your own photos for inclusion here.
| Business Directory |
Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 74 businesses in Cardigan.
| 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 Cardigan, select a category and click GO.
| Visitors Guide Listings |
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in Cardigan, select a category and click GO.
| The Geography of Cardigan |
Maps
You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Cardigan 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 Cardigan.
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 |
Cardigan falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Cardigan. We have detailed statistical information available
for the Cardigan 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 Cardigan (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
Cardigan (Village) was adopted 25 April 1946 on 11L/2.Incorporated as a Village in 1954.Status changed to Community by the Municipalities Act in 1983. Contains the Locality of Cardigan.
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.



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