PlaceFinderHOME / Summerside, a city, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NW. of Charlottetown. Its precise location is 46'23"N, 63'47"W. This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to Summerside. You can also search for information on other communities.
Aerial photography courtesy of AirScapes. All aerial photographs are available for sale, as prints or slides; please contact AirScapes for details. You can also see a complete list of aerial photographs of the Island.
MORE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 5 aerial photographs of Summerside in our Aerial Photo Gallery.
Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. We are constantly adding to our collection, and welcome your suggestions.
MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 46 community photographs of Summerside in our Photo Gallery. You can send us your own photos for inclusion here.
Our Festivals and Events listings include musical, community, agricultural and other events across the Island. To see events information for Summerside, select an event and click GO.
Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 963 businesses in Summerside.
InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI information on Summerside, select a category and click GO.
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in Summerside, select a category and click GO.
Maps You can use our interactive maps to display maps of Summerside and area. Click on any of the links below:
Driving Distances and Times To find driving distances and times from other locations, consult the distance chart for Summerside. Postal Information The following are rural route addresses for the community: SUMMERSIDE. For additional information, including postal codes for urban areas, consult Canada Post. Electoral District Information Summerside falls in the following Provincial Electoral Districts: District No. 21, District No. 22. For more information, consult Elections PEI.
The following residential and commercial real estate and vacant land is currently listed in the Prince Edward Island MLS system, operated independently by the PEI Real Estate Association. Select any property and click More Information to see the listing from the MLS website, provided by the realtor. For more real estate information, see our interactive real estate map for Summerside.
Please note that while the Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association have used their best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of this information, it is provided as a general reference only. The Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association assume no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the information generated.
Summerside falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Summerside. We have detailed statistical information available
for the Summerside census subdivision for the following categories:
Education,
Ethnicity,
Family,
Income,
Labour Force,
Population, and
Shelter. Information courtesy Statistics Canada.
The City was incorporated in 1995 and has a population of 14654.
You can learn more about Summerside, including census, education, cultural and employment information by reading the Summerside Community Profile, prepared jointly by by the Federation of PEI Municipalities and Human Resource Development Canada. To read this profile, you'll need the Acrobat Reader, which is available for free download. Information courtesy Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
The official history of the geographic name Summerside (which can be somewhat technical, we admit): Summerside (Town) was incorporated in 1877.Confirmed in Place Names of Prince Edward Island, 1925.Confirmed 2 August 1944 on 11 L/5.Status changed to City and appliction altered by the inclusion of the former Communities of Wilmot and St. Eleanors and part of Sherbrooke by the City of Summerside Act on 1 April 19 95. Confirmed 17 June 1996 on 11 L/5. (1) See also Place Names of Prince Edward Island, 1925. (2) According to an arti cle in Star Weekly dated November 8, 1969, Summerside was once Green's Shore, na med for Daniel Green, a Loyalist granted land here on the south side of Prince E dward Island.His son called his house (also an inn) Summerside House, and so p eople began calling the settlement that. Information courtesy Geomatics Canada. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
