KinkoraPrince Edward Island
It is a town of 1,416 residents on Prince Edward Island. It lies in Prince.
Is Kinkora a good place to live?
Jobs and pay hold up well (A−). Getting around depends on the car (C−). Natural hazards are less of a worry than in most Canadian towns (A−).
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Kinkora has its subject grades alone.
No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Kinkora grades
Each subject compares Kinkora with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Kinkora has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Kinkora stand out
The 2 things Kinkora does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kinkora.
Kinkora is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action - Government of Prince Edward Island
Seismic risk in Kinkora sits near the middle: $0.027 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is lower than usual: 3.5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Figures for radon tests are published for the Prince Edward Island Health Region as a whole, not for Kinkora alone.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 3.5% | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.027 | $0.020 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Kinkora than in 81% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 22 min, about level with Prince Edward Island’s towns (23 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 22 min | 23 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
The nearest high school to Kinkora is 72 km away
An elementary school stands 49 km from the centre, between Prince Edward Island’s towns (56 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Cove Consolidated SchoolIn KinkoraElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Schools within 3 km | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 72 km | 76 km | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 49 km | 56 km | 0.5 km |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · On Prince Edward Island, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.
Kinkora has just 10% of households spending at least 30% of income on shelter, where the typical Canadian town has 18%
94% of households are owner-occupiers.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 94% | 86% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 10% | 11% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
Kinkora is wetter than nine in ten Canadian towns: 1,252 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July highs of around 24.1°C in Kinkora. Snowfall adds up to 292 cm a year, close to Prince Edward Island’s towns (285 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). December is the wettest month, with 138 mm of rain and snow on average. Snow peaks in January: 67 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 292 cm | 285 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 1,252 mm | 1,136 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 24.1°C | 23.7°C | 25.5°C |
| January night low | −11.3°C | −11.4°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Summerside)
Fewer children live in Kinkora than in Prince Edward Island’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% are under 15
Immigrants make up 3.5% of residents, below both Prince Edward Island’s towns (4.9%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Over-65s are 22% of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.4% of Kinkora’s residents are women
660 women and 625 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.
| Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 65% | 63% | 64% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 17% | 14% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 53% | 61% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Prince Edward Island and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Kinkora in November: highs near 7°C, lows near freezing
A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 130 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to 1°C and −6°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Maple Plains forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −2°C | −10°C | 339 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −1°C | 270 mm |
| Summer | 23°C | 13°C | 262 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 5°C | 381 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Summerside); the forecast is on the Weather page
More of Malpeque voted in 2021 than in most ridings: 75%, ahead of 99%
The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Kinkora in a riding.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Kinkora is Breadalbane Public Library, 10 km away
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Kinkora’s health region
The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Kinkora’s is long: 14 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.3 for a girl and 79.1 for a boy (2022/2024).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 51% | 51% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.2 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Prince Edward Island health region
More of the land around Kinkora is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The closest of Canada’s national parks is Prince Edward Island National Park, at 17 km. 38 km from town is Amherst Shore Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. For walks, 8 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Confederation Trail (all spurs) and International Appalachian Trail, PEI. 9 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Chelton Beach.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 19% | 4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Kinkora has 1 historic place on the registers
Just beyond the boundary, the registers place one more. At the 2021 census, 35% of homes dated from before 1961, above both Prince Edward Island’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Seacow Head Light 1864
| Heritage | Kinkora | Prince Edward Island | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 35% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Kinkora
Islandscapes etc. and 8 more in and around Kinkora
The best-known places to visit in and around Kinkora come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
Famous people from Kinkora
13 notable people were born in Kinkora.
About Kinkora
Town in Prince Edward Island
For Kinkora, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary on Prince Edward Island, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,416 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Prince Edward Island
- Census division
- Prince
- Census subdivision
- 1103003
Kinkora’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinkora | 1,416 | — | — | — | — | B− |
| Kensington | 2,016 | 9.7 | — | C | C+ | B |
| Kensington, Part 1 | 3,357 | 9.8 | — | B+ | — | B |
| New London | 1,443 | 13 | — | B− | A− | B− |
| Summerside | 19,006 | 14 | C− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Crapaud, Part 1 | 1,781 | 16 | — | B− | A− | C+ |
| Malpeque Bay | 1,351 | 17 | — | A− | — | B− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Kinkora
What kind of homes are in Kinkora?
A household averages 2.4 people; 24% are one person living alone.
Who are the people of Kinkora?
2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 1% have an Indigenous identity and 4% are immigrants.
Has Kinkora grown?
It lost people: 1,300 in 2016, 1,285 in 2021, 1.2% fewer, while the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,416.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).