title: List of population centres in Prince Edward Island
text: # List of population centres in Prince Edward Island
  
  A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square $km^2.$
  
  The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed four population centres in the province of Prince Edward Island.
  
  ## List
  
  The below table is a list of those population centres in Prince Edward Island from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada.
  
  | Rank | Population centre | Size group | Population (2021) | Population (2016) | Change | Land area $(km^2)$ | Population density |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Charlottetown | Medium | 52,390 | 48,054 | +9.0% | 57.56 | $910.2/km^2$ |
  | 2 | Summerside | Small | 14,952 | 13,969 | +7.0% | 16.97 | $881.1/km^2$ |
  | 3 | Montague | Small | 1,896 | 1,834 | +3.4% | 2.07 | $915.9/km^2$ |
  | 4 | Kensington | Small | 1,743 | 1,618 | +7.7% | 2.74 | $636.1/km^2$ |
  
  ## Retired population centres
  
  The former population centre of Cornwall was absorbed into the population centre of Charlottetown for the 2021 census.
  
  