PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PEI)

Area: 5 657 sq. km

Population: 130 000

Distribution: 36 % urban, 64 % rural

Language spoken: 96.6 % English,

3 % French

Entered Dominion of Canada: 1 July 1873

Capital City: Charlottetown

Provincial motto: Parva sub ingenti (The small under the protection of the great)

Provincial flower: Lady slipper

Provincial bird: Blue jay

Provincial tree: Northern red oak

Principal products: potatoes, lobsters, printed materials, wood products

Employment:  Services - 73 %  Industry - 14 %  Agriculture - 13 %

Notes: Irish moss (a valuable seaweed) is harvested off of the coast and used to make soap, fertilizer, and other products.