Charlottetown (formerly Hillsborough) is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The district, which includes the entire City of Charlottetown, has an area of 46 km² and a population of 34,562 as of 2011.^[2]

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Charlottetown

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Charlottetown in relation to the other Prince Edward Island ridings
Coordinates:	46.260°N 63.134°W / 46.260; -63.134
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sean Casey Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	36,094
Electors (2019)	27,480
Area (km²)[1]	46
Pop. density (per km²)	784.7
Census division(s)	Queens
Census subdivision(s)	Charlottetown

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Hillsborough was formed in 1966 (from the old Queen's (Prince Edward Island federal electoral district). It elected its first MP in 1968. It was re=drawn and re-named Charlottetown in 2003.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, at the first election held after April 22, 2024. It will gain newly annexed territory by the City of Charlottetown in the Marshfield area from Malpeque.^[3]

• Ethnic groups: 97.2% White
• Languages: 94.8% English, 2.1% French, 2.5% Other
• Religions: 47.7% Catholic, 39.5% Protestant, 2.5% Other Christian, 8.3% no affiliation
• Average income: $26,205

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 86.8% English, 3.7% Mandarin, 2.1% French, 1.3% Arabic, 0.6% Nepali, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.3% Farsi, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Albanian, 0.2% Korean^[4]

From 1966 until 2004, most of the Charlottetown riding was part of the riding of Hillsborough. In 2003, there was a riding readjustment; a part of the old Hillsborough riding became part of Cardigan. 96.4% of the riding of Charlottetown was previously part of the Hillsborough riding, and 3.6% was previously part of Malpeque. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

In a student vote, participating Canadian schools to parallel the Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.^[12]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Graph of student vote election results in Charlottetown (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada