Kings County | |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Incorporated Towns & Municipalities |
Subdivision Name: | Three Rivers (town), Souris (town) |
Subdivision Type1: | Parishes |
Subdivision Name1: | St. Patrick's Parish, East Parish, St. George's Parish, St. Andrew's Parish |
Parts Type: | Townships and royalties |
Parts Style: | coll |
P1: | Kings Royalty, Lot 38, Lot 39, Lot 40, Lot 41, Lot 42, Lot 43, Lot 44, Lot 45, Lot 46, Lot 47, Lot 51, Lot 52, Lot 53, Lot 54, Lot 55, Lot 56, Lot 59, Lot 61, Lot 63, Lot 64, Lot 66 |
Area Total Km2: | 1,686.34 |
Population Total: | 18,327 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Average Earnings per capita (2015) |
Blank Info Sec1: | $35,947 |
Kings County (2021 population 18,327[1]) is located in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada.
It is the province's smallest, most rural and least-populated county. Kings County is also least dependent upon the agriculture industry compared with the other two counties, while being more heavily dependent on the fishery and forest industry. Comparatively large parts of the county are still forested and it hosts the province's largest sawmill. The only heavy industry, aside from forestry and industrial farming, is a small shipyard, although secondary manufacturing has been established in recent years.
The county was named by Capt. Samuel Holland in 1765 for King George III (1738–1820). As such, Kings County's shire town is Georgetown. The largest community within the town of Three Rivers.
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kings County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1687.58km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]