Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province, known for its red sand beaches, rolling farmland, and as the setting of "Anne of Green Gables."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
PEI 2
Colony of Prince Edward Island 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian province
area 5660 square kilometres
areaRankInCanada 10
authorAssociated Lucy Maud Montgomery
border Gulf of St. Lawrence
Northumberland Strait
capital Charlottetown
climate humid continental climate
coastlineLength about 1100 kilometres
confederationDate 1873-07-01
connectedBy Confederation Bridge
connectedTo New Brunswick
country Canada
governmentType parliamentary constitutional monarchy
hasCity Charlottetown
Summerside
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island
hasFlag Flag of Prince Edward Island
hasNationalPark Prince Edward Island National Park
hasTown Cornwall
Stratford
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of Prince Edward Island
headOfStateTitle Monarch of Canada
ISOCode CA-PE
joinedConfederationAs 7th Canadian province
knownFor fishing industry
potato farming
red sand beaches
rolling farmland
tourism
largestCity Charlottetown
legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
lieutenantGovernorTitle Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
literarySettingOf Anne of Green Gables
motto Parva sub ingenti
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation The small under the protection of the great
nickname Birthplace of Confederation
Garden of the Gulf
officialLanguage English
French
population about 170000
populationRankInCanada 10
postalAbbreviation PE
Prince Edward Island self-linksurface differs
surface form: PEI
region Eastern Canada
surface form: Atlantic Canada

Maritime Provinces
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone

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inti ISO4217Code Prince Edward Island
subject surface form: Inti (currency)
this entity surface form: PEI
Gulf of St. Lawrence borderedBy Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown capitalOf Prince Edward Island
Eastern Canada contains Prince Edward Island
Maritime Canada hasCulturalRegion Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence hasIsland Prince Edward Island
British America hasPart Prince Edward Island
this entity surface form: Colony of Prince Edward Island
Maritime Canada hasProvince Prince Edward Island
Acadian culture historicalRegion Prince Edward Island
British Canada includes Prince Edward Island
southern Canada includesPartOf Prince Edward Island
subject surface form: Southern Canada
Atlantic Time Zone isUsedInProvince Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown locatedIn Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown locatedOn Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island postalAbbreviation Prince Edward Island self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: PEI
Irish Canadian settlementRegion Prince Edward Island
German Canadians significantPopulationIn Prince Edward Island
Acadian French spokenIn Prince Edward Island
Maritime English spokenIn Prince Edward Island
Acadia successorTerritory Prince Edward Island