Central Prince

Central Prince is a rural municipality within Prince County in Prince Edward Island that was incorporated on September 28, 2018 through an amalgamation of two municipalities. The municipalities that amalgamated were the rural municipalities of Ellerslie-Bideford and Lady Slipper.^[1]

Central Prince
Rural municipality
Central Prince in Prince Edward Island
Coordinates: 46.595°N 63.990°W / 46.595; -63.990
Country	Canada
Province	Prince Edward Island
County	Prince County
Government
• Mayor	Rod Millar
• Councillors	Julie Smith, Deanna Wagner, Ron MacLeod, Wanda LeClair, Jason Campbell, Thomas Burleigh
• CAO	Jolene Millar
Time zone	AST
• Summer (DST)	ADT
Area code	902

Demographics

Federal census population history of Central Prince

Year	Pop.	±%
2016	1,054	—
2021	1,129	+7.1%
Source: Statistics Canada[2]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Central Prince had a population of 1,129 living in 459 of its 529 total private dwellings, a change of 7.1% from its 2016 population of 1,054. With a land area of 133.78 km² (51.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km² (21.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

Name	Former municipal status[3][4]	Original incorporation year[5]	2016 Census of Population
			Population (2016)[6][4]	Population (2011)[6][7]	Change	Land area (km²)[6][7]	Population density[6]
Ellerslie-Bideford	Rural municipality	1977	348	357	−2.5%	20.8	16.7/km2
Lady Slipper	Rural municipality	1983	764	805	−5.1%	112.4	6.8/km2
Total former municipalities	–	–	1,112	1,162	−4.3%	133.2	8.3/km2

Government

The Rural Municipality of Central Prince is governed by an interim council comprising an interim mayor (Rod Millar) and six interim councillors. ^[1] The first election for a mayor and six councillors is scheduled for November 5, 2018.^[1]