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Belfast, a village, is located in Queens County in the central portion of Prince Edward Island, SE. of Charlottetown. Its precise location is N 46°04', W 62°53'.
This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to Belfast. You can also search for information on other communities.
| Municipal Government Information |
The Municipality was incorporated in 1972 and has a population of 1637.
| Telephone: | (902) 659-2989 |
| Facsimile: | (902) 659-2813 |
| Address: | 3278 Route 1, South Pinette, PE, C0A 1B0 |
| Meetings: | At the call of the chairperson. |
| Office Hours: | No fixed hours. |
| Email: | Belfast.cap@pei.sympatico.ca |
| Website: | http://www3.pei.sympatico.ca/belfast.cap/public_html/ |
| Community Photographs |
Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. .
  | Belfast Consolidated Credit: 2011 Province of Prince Edward Island 640 x 428 - 221K 1024 x 685 - 395K |  | Point Prim Lighthouse- Belfast Credit: 2012 Faye Williams 640 x 480 - 42K 1024 x 768 - 72K |
| Visitors Guide Listings |
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual.
| The Geography of Belfast |
Maps
You can use our interactive maps to
display maps of Belfast and area.
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| Statistical Information |
Belfast falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Lot 58. They have detailed statistical information available
for the Lot 58 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 Belfast (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
The Community of Belfast was incorporated in 1972. Contains:on 11L/2 - Belfast; Melville; Iona; Culloden; Eldon (Belfast P.O.); F lat River; Fodhla; Garfield; Lower Newtown; Mount Buchanan; Mount Vernon; Pinett e; Roseberry; Valley; and Surrey (all are localities): on 11L/2 and 11L/3 - Poin t Prim (Loc.): and on 11E/15 - Belle River (Loc.); Wood Island (Former Ry Pt); a nd Wood Islands (Loc.).
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada .
