Prince Edward Island - Demography

Demography

According to the 2001 Canadian Census, the largest ethnic group consists of people of Scottish descent (38.0%), followed by English (28.7%), Irish (27.9%), French (21.3%), German (4.0%), and Dutch (3.1%) descent. Prince Edward Island is mostly a white community and there are few visible minorities. Almost half of respondents identified their ethnicity as "Canadian."

**Population of Prince Edward Island since 1851**
Year	Population	Mean annual	5-year	10-year	Rank*
		Percentage change
1851	62,678	–	–	–	5
1861	80,857	2.6	–	29.0
1871	94,021	1.5	–	16.3
1881	108,891	1.5	–	15.8
1891	109,078	0.017	–	0.2	6
1901	103,259	−0.55	–	−5.3	7
1911	93,728	−0.96	–	−9.2	9
1921	88,615	−0.56	–	−5.4
1931	88,038	−0.065	–	−0.7
1941	95,047	0.77	–	8.0
1951	98,429	0.35	–	3.6	10
1956	99,285	0.17	0.9	–
1961	104,629	1.1	5.4	6.3
1966	108,535	0.74	3.7	9.3
1971	111,635	0.56	2.9	6.7
1976	118,225	1.2	5.9	8.9
1981	122,506	0.7	3.6	9.7
1986	126,640	0.67	3.4	7.1
1991	129,765	0.49	2.5	5.9
1996	134,557	0.73	3.7	6.3
2001	135,294	0.11	0.5	4.2
2006	135,851	0.01	0.4	1.0
2011	140,204	0.62	3.1	3.5