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Peakes Quay on the waterfront of Charlottetown Harbour
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Charlottetown is the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885. It is also the county seat of Queens County.
Charlottetown is a popular destination in eastern Canada for immigration, as the city has a central location in the province, as well as a waterfront redevelopment project in recent decades which has seen walking trails and parks developed on former industrial lands.
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Geography and Climate
Charlottetown is situated on its namesake harbour, which is formed by the joining of three rivers in the central part of the island along its south shore. The harbour itself opens onto the Northumberland Strait. In 1995 the present city was created by amalgamating Charlottetown with the communities of Sherwood, Parkdale, Hillsborough Park, Winsloe, West Royalty, and East Royalty. Since amalgamation, the city occupies most of Queens Royalty.
Downtown Charlottetown includes the city's historic five hundred lots, as surveyed by Captain Samuel Holland, as well as the waterfront facing the harbour and the Hillsborough River. Adjacent communities to the original downtown included Brighton, Spring Park, and Parkdale. The areas to the west, north and east of downtown have been developed in recent decades with several residential and commercial/retail developments, although the outer regions of the city are still predominantly farmland, as is an area in the centre of the city where an Agriculture Canada crop research station is located.
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| Top Regions of Birth for Recent Immigrants
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| Birth Region |
Population |
Percent |
| United States of America |
30 |
5.9% |
| Central America |
0 |
0.0% |
| South America |
80 |
15.7% |
| Western Europe |
35 |
6.9% |
| Eastern Europe |
10 |
2.0% |
| Southern Europe |
15 |
2.9% |
| Northern Europe |
95 |
18.6% |
| Western Africa |
65 |
12.7% |
| Eastern Africa |
0 |
0.0% |
| Northern Africa |
0 |
0.0% |
| Central Africa |
0 |
0.0% |
| Southern Africa |
0 |
0.0% |
| West Central Asia and the Middle East |
15 |
2.9% |
| Eastern Asia |
105 |
20.6% |
| Southeast Asia |
0 |
0.0% |
| Southern Asia |
25 |
4.9% |
| Oceania and other |
0 |
0.0% |
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Charlottetown Immigration Profile
Charlottetown is a destination for people immigrating to Canada from Europe (29%) with Asia and the Middle East (28%) a close second.
During the period of 2001 to 2006 Charlottetown became home to 510 new Canadian immigrants. The chart to the left shows the regions of birth for the recent immigrants according to the Canadian 2006 Census.
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Economy and Job Opportunities for Immigrants
Charlottetown's economy is dominated by the public sector. The provincial, federal, and municipal levels of government are significant employers in the central part of Queens County, as well as healthcare and secondary and post-secondary education. The public sector is looking for skilled immigrant workers.
Technology companies have also been increasing their share of the city's workforce in the past decade, including a large number of call-centres looking for more employees. Other significant economic activities include light manufacturing such as chemicals, bio-technology, and machining.
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Queen Street in the central business district
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Education for Dependant Children and Post Secondary
In the 1960s, new public schools were constructed in the community and in 1969 the city became home to the amalgamated University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), located on the campus of the former St. Dunstan's University. Together with the federal Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food's Charlottetown Experimental Farm (also known as Ravenwood Farm), these properties comprise a large green space surrounded by the city.
The Prince of Wales College downtown campus became part of a new provincial community college system named Holland College, in honour of the island's famous surveyor.
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Street in Charlottetown
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Arts and Culture
Charlottetown is a popular destination in eastern Canada for visitors from other Maritime provinces, central Canada and the northeastern United States, as the city has a central location in the province as well as various services. The city's streetscapes with a centrally-planned downtown core containing many Victorian-era houses and buildings is an attraction, as well as a waterfront redevelopment project in recent decades which has seen walking trails and parks developed on former industrial lands. A new cruise ship terminal is planned by the local port authority which proponents hope will make the city a more attractive destination for the growing number of vessels operating in Atlantic Canadian waters.
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Popular attractions within the city include the provincial legislature at Province House, which hosted the Charlottetown Conference, as well as Founders Hall, a recently redeveloped railway maintenance building which now houses an interactive trip through history tracing the development of Canada as a nation. The Confederation Centre of the Arts provides live theatre, including the Charlottetown Festival during the summer months, as well as a nationally-ranked art gallery. The Charlottetown Festival itself is headlined by Canada's most popular and longest-running musical, Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, which is an adaptation of Island author Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel.
Sports and Recreation
Charlottetown has numerous parks and playing fields for soccer, baseball, softball, football, rugby, and field hockey. There are also many outdoor tennis courts, recreational trails, and running tracks. Most public schools in the city have gymnasiums available for public use outside of school hours and there are community-owned and operated hockey arenas and swimming pools, as well as several privately operated fitness centres.
Amateur varsity team sports are prevalent for males and females in the city's two senior high schools, as well as the University of Prince Edward Island's varsity teams (the UPEI Panthers) through the institution's affiliation with Canadian Interuniversity Sport. There are two junior hockey teams in the community: the Charlottetown Abbies and the P.E.I. Rocket franchises.
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