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Alberton, a town, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, SW. of Tignish. Its precise location is N 46°49', W 64°04'.

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

The Town was incorporated in 1913 and has a population of 1135.

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.

Kildare Point 500 x 342 - 29K 708 x 485 - 39K

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.

	Community of Alberton Credit: 2010 Naomi Jeffery 640 x 480 - 55K 1024 x 768 - 116K		Stone Station playground Credit: 2010 Naomi Jeffery 640 x 480 - 75K 1024 x 768 - 156K
	Stone Station playground Credit: 2010 Naomi Jeffery 640 x 480 - 60K 1024 x 768 - 131K		Community of Alberton Credit: 2010 Naomi Jeffery 640 x 480 - 81K 1024 x 768 - 175K

Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 74 businesses in Alberton.

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

Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual.

Maps

You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Alberton and area.

Click on the map link: Show Map

Driving Distances and Times

To find driving distances and times from other locations, consult the distance chart for Alberton.

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 Alberton.

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.

The PEI Community Accounts has information about Alberton.   Community Accounts provides a comprensive source of community, regional, and provincial data on social, environmental and economic topics

Information courtesy of Community Accounts

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

Called after Prince Albert. The name was proposed by the Honorable Benjamin Roge rs of Cascumpec shortly after the commencement of the building of the Prince Edw ard Island Railway. (Herbert Clark, Assistant Postmaster, 1905).See also PN of PEI, 1925. Alberton (Town) was incorporated in 1913.Confirmed in Place Names of PEI, 1925 and 3 December 1946 on 21I/16.

Information courtesy Geomatics Canada .