Queens Royalty, Prince Edward Island

Queens Royalty is the royalty for Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.[1]

The township was established as part of the colonial survey of 1764 undertaken by Capt. Samuel J. Holland. It was intended to host the colonial capital of Prince Edward Island and shire town of Queens County, what would become known as Charlottetown. The township is located on a peninsula bounded by the Yorke (North) River on the west and the Hillsborough (East) River on the east.

Originally, Charlottetown was unincorporated, therefore the "royalty" and the community were largely synonymous, with many using the term "Charlottetown Royalty". Charlottetown itself was not officially incorporated as a town until 1855 (and then only hosted 6,000 residents) and only became a city in 1885. The municipality's early boundaries (surveyed as 500 residential/commercial land parcels) only occupied a small portion of the township, with the remainder being divided into 12 acre properties, some of which were purchased as farms from the Crown, the remainder being estates or unused lands.

The township was subdivided into an East Royalty, Central Royalty, and West Royalty, with the Central Royalty having common grazing land for all residents.

Today, the royalty is almost entirely within the boundaries of the current city of Charlottetown, which has merged various outlying municipalities and rural areas through municipal amalgamation.

Queens Royalty is part of Charlotte Parish.

## References

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1. ^ Bouchette, Joseph (1831). Topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton The British dominions in North America, or, A topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton : including considerations on land-granting and emigration : to which are annexed, statistical tables and tables of distances, &c. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 161. Retrieved 2025-06-21.

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Subdivisions of Prince Edward Island

Subdivisions|

* Counties
* Parishes
* Townships
* Municipalities
* Population centres

Cities|

* Charlottetown
* Summerside

Towns|

* Alberton
* Borden-Carleton
* Cornwall
* Kensington
* North Rustico
* O'Leary
* Souris
* Stratford
* Three Rivers
* Tignish

Rural
municipalities|

* Abram-Village
* Alexandra
* Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay
* Bedeque and Area
* Belfast
* Brackley
* Breadalbane
* Central Kings
* Central Prince
* Clyde River
* Crapaud
* Darlington
* Eastern Kings
* Greenmount-Montrose
* Hampshire
* Hazelbrook
* Hunter River
* Kingston
* Kinkora
* Linkletter
* Lot 11 and Area
* Malpeque Bay
* Miltonvale Park
* Miminegash
* Miscouche
* Morell
* Mount Stewart
* Murray Harbour
* Murray River
* North Shore
* North Wiltshire
* Northport
* Sherbrooke
* Souris West
* St. Felix
* St. Louis
* St. Nicholas
* St. Peters Bay
* Tignish Shore
* Tyne Valley
* Union Road
* Victoria
* Warren Grove
* Wellington
* West River
* York

Resort
municipalities|

* Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico

Former
municipalities|

| Towns|

* Borden
* Georgetown
* Montague
* Parkdale

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Communities|

* Bedeque
* Bunbury
* Central Bedeque
* Cross Roads
* East Royalty
* Eliot River
* Hillsborough Park
* Keppoch-Kinlock
* North River
* Sherwood
* Southport
* St. Eleanors
* West Royalty
* Wilmot
* Winsloe
* Winsloe South

Rural municipalities|

* Afton
* Bonshaw
* Brudenell
* Cardigan
* Ellerslie-Bideford
* Grand Tracadie
* Lady Slipper
* Lorne Valley
* Lower Montague
* Meadowbank
* New Haven-Riverdale
* Pleasant Grove
* Valleyfield

Unincorporated
communities|

* Albany
* Augustine Cove
* Belmont
* Cape Traverse
* Cavendish
* Foxley River
* Freeland
* Grand River
* Hebron
* Knutsford
* Long River
* Mont-Carmel
* North Lake
* Rusticoville

Royalties|

* Kings Royalty
* Prince Royalty
* Queens Royalty

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