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Tignish, a village, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, N. of St. Felix. Its precise location is 46'57"N, 64'02"W.

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

The Municipality was incorporated in 1952 and has a population of 758.

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.

	Tignish Shore 499 x 358 - 52K 706 x 506 - 111K		Tignish 701 x 499 - 45K 500 x 355 - 55K
	Tignish 640 x 480 - 61K 500 x 375 - 73K		Tignish 640 x 480 - 44K 500 x 375 - 58K

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

	Civic Centre Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 33K 640 x 427 - 41K 800 x 534 - 59K 1024 x 683 - 89K 1900 x 1267 - 201K		Fire Department Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 23K 640 x 427 - 30K 800 x 534 - 44K 1024 x 683 - 68K 1900 x 1267 - 164K
	Tignish United Cemetery Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 61K 640 x 427 - 80K 800 x 534 - 98K 1024 x 683 - 148K 1900 x 1267 - 352K		Cemetery Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 333 - 28K 640 x 427 - 35K 800 x 534 - 54K 1024 x 683 - 84K 1900 x 1267 - 201K

MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 10 community photographs of Tignish 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 99 businesses in Tignish.

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

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

Maps

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

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 Tignish.

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.

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

Tignish (Village) was incorporated in 1952.Status changed to Community in 1983 by the Communities Act. Contains the Localities of Tignish and Tignish Corner.

Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.