Lot 4, Prince Edward Island
Lot 4 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada created during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It is part of Egmont Parish.
Communities
Incorporated municipalities:
Civic address communities:
- Alberton
- Bloomfield
- Brockton
- Brooklyn
- Campbellton
- Central Kildare
- Elmsdale
- Glengarry
- Huntley
- Montrose
- O'Brien Road
- Piusville
- Rosebank
- Roseville
- Union
History
Lot 4 was awarded to Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel in the 1767 land lottery. The township subsequently went through various owners under feudalism when Prince Edward Island was a British colony prior to Canadian Confederation.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1871 | 1,460 | — |
1881 | 2,258 | +54.7% |
1891 | 2,396 | +6.1% |
1901 | 2,355 | −1.7% |
1911 | 2,230 | −5.3% |
1921 | 1,383 | −38.0% |
1931 | 1,230 | −11.1% |
1941 | 1,352 | +9.9% |
2006 | 1,175 | −13.1% |
References
- ^ Clark, Andrew Hill (1959). Three Centuries and the Island. Toronto Press. pp. Appendix B.
- ^ Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1944). Cudmore, S. A. (ed.). Eighth Census of Canada 1941 (Report). Vol. II: Population by Local Subdivisions. Edmond Cloutier, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. p. 55.