State
Prince Edward Island
province of Canada
- This boundary
- 1769–1945
- Founded
- 1769
- Capital
- Charlottetown
- Government
- parliamentary system
- Languages
- English
- Preceded by
- Isle Saint-Jean
Overview
Prince Edward Island is an island province of Canada. It is the smallest province by both land area and population, but has the highest population density in Canada. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", "Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". Its capital and largest city is Charlottetown. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces.
All rulers (37)
- Walter Patterson1769–1775
- Phillips Callbeck1775–1780
- Edmund Fanning1786–1804
- Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres1804–1812
- Charles Douglass Smith1812–1824
- John Ready1824–1831
- Aretas William Young1831–1835
- John Harvey1835–1837
- Charles FitzRoy1837–1841
- Henry Vere Huntley1841–1847
- Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet1847–1850
- Alexander Bannerman1851–1854
- Dominick Daly1854–1858
- George Dundas1859–1868
- Victoria1867–1901
- Edward Anson1868–1870
- William Robinson1870–1873
- Robert Hodgson1873–1879
- Thomas Heath Haviland1879–1884
- Walter Patterson1880–1886
- Andrew Archibald Macdonald1884–1889
- Jedediah Slason Carvell1889–1894
- George William Howlan1894–1899
- Peter Adolphus McIntyre1899–1904
- Edward VII1901–1910
- Donald Alexander MacKinnon1904–1910
- Benjamin Rogers1910–1915
- George V1910–1936
- Augustine Colin Macdonald1915–1919
- Murdock MacKinnon1919–1924
- Frank Richard Heartz1924–1930
- Charles Dalton1930–1933
- George Des Brisay de Blois1933–1939
- Edward VIII1936
- George VI1936–1952
- Bradford William LePage1939–1945
- Joseph Alphonsus Bernard1945–1950
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).