Prince Edward County (Ontario)

Prince Edward County
Retail shop in Picton
Location in Ontario
Prince Edward County
State :	Canada
Province :	Ontario
Coordinates :	44 ° 0 ′  N , 77 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′  N , 77 ° 15 ′  W
Area :	1 050.49  km²
Residents :	24,735 (as of 2016)
Population density :	23.5 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	K0K
Area code :	+1 613
Foundation :	1998
Mayor :	Robert Leighton Quaiff
Website :	www.thecounty.ca

Prince Edward County is a city in southeastern Ontario .

location

USGS map

The city is located on a peninsula in Lake Ontario near Belleville and is thus in the Québec-Windsor corridor .

history

Prince Edward County was actually a county until 1997, but was then merged into one municipality as part of the major Ontario territorial reform and received city ​​rights .

Residents

Prince Edward Island has the lowest population and density of any single level parish in Ontario. There is also no urban center, but a number of scattered villages.

The city's most famous resident was John Macdonald , who took up a legal practice in Picton.

Web links

Commons : Prince Edward County, Ontario  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files