Kingston is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located within Queens County to the west of Charlottetown. The community is mainly farms with a small residential area.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kingston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Government Local government in Kingston is in the form of a seven-member community council with a chair. The council sits at Cornwall Post Office in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island.
Provincially, the area is covered by the following three districts with a MLA representing each: West Royalty-Springvale; Cornwall-Meadowbank; and Kellys Cross-Cumberland.
At the federal level, it is located within the riding of Charlottetown.
+Kingston federal election results Year Liberal Conservative New Democratic Green 2021 39% 263 31% 208 9% 57 18% 122 2019 41% 262 24% 154 7% 46 28% 180
+Kingston provincial election results Year PC Liberal Green 2023 45% 254 9% 49 41% 232 2019 31% 198 11% 73 58% 375 2015 21% 127 25% 152 51% 305
Attractions Kingston United Church, c 1863.
Royalty King of Kingston, Noah Woodworth, c 1999.
Transportation The main roads in Kingston is Kingston Road (Route 235 (Prince Edward Island)) and Bannockburn Road (Route 247 (Prince Edward Island)) are secondary provincial highways. The closest airport is Charlottetown Airport and there are no railway lines as they are not found in the province.
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