Capital City: Charlottetown (58,625 thousand)
Largest City: Charlottetown ( 58,625 thousand)
Population: 139 818 thousand
Area: 55,284 km2
Entered Confederation: July 1, 1873
Time Zone: ADT ( Atlantic Time Zone)

Major industries:
Agriculture (potatoes, fruits and vegetables, and cereal crops), tourism, fishery, oyster and mussel farming.

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Elementary & Secondary Education

Government of PEI 
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Second Floor, Sullivan Building
16 Fitzroy Street, P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 7N8
http://www.gov.pe.ca/educ/
Telephone: (902) 368-4600 / Facsimile: (902) 368-4663

There are three school boards, two English and one French. The Eastern School District is made up of 43 schools (14,000 students), the Western School Board includes twenty-one schools, and the six French First Language schools are located throughout the province. There are some private schools in Prince Edward Island. 

Quick Link  

School finder
Accelerated Secondary Apprenticeship Program - Youth apprenticeship
La Commission scolaire de langue française

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Post Secondary Education

There is one University on PEI
Quick Link University of Prince Edward Island

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Colleges  

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Holland College