Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Central Prince has 2.1 times what the typical town has (18%). The registers count 20 places within 50 km of Central Prince; the closest, O'Leary railway station, is 20 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Alberton, 25 km off. Within 5 km of the town lies one more that belongs to it.
Ellerslie-Bideford and Lady Slipper came before the present municipality. In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Central Prince dates from September 28, 2018; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger.
The area here stretches to 50 km around Central Prince: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Oldest of all: Seacow Head Light, Kinkora, 1864. The bars count 14 dated places within 50 km. One is older than 1867.
They are 12 provincial or municipal listings, 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 3 National Historic Sites. Alberton, Tignish and O'Leary hold most of them, among 11 towns. 20 places lie within 50 km.
| O'Leary railway stationDesignated heritage place · 20 km away, in O'Leary |
| TowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1884 · 22 km away, in Wellington |
| Northport Rear Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1885 · 23 km away, in Alberton |
| Alberton Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1877–1879 · 25 km away, in Alberton |
| Alberton Railway StationDesignated heritage place · 25 km away, in Alberton |
| West Point LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1876 · 28 km away, in O'Leary |
| Former Summerside Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1883–1888 · 28 km away, in Summerside |
| Summerside stationRegistered historic place · 29 km away, in Summerside |
| Indian Head LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1881 · 29 km away, in Kinkora |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchDesignated heritage place · 30 km away, in Malpeque Bay |
| Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchRegistered Heritage Place · 1890 · 31 km away, in Alberton |
| Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island)National Historic Site · 1904–1905 · 34 km away, in Kensington |
| St. Brigid's Church, Prince Edward IslandRegistered Heritage Place · 2.5 km outside the town |
Central Prince built little from 1981 to 2000: 14% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. More than half of Central Prince’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 32% of Central Prince’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Prince | 1,287 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wellington | 1,972 | 1 | 0 | 1883 |
| O'Leary | 2,878 | 0 | 0 | — |
Central Prince has 37% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
Inside Central Prince, none so far; O'Leary railway station, 20 km away in O'Leary, is the closest.
37% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 6 further listings in Central Prince show up only as Wikidata numbers.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).