page_title: Charlottetown
section_title: Demography
hierarchical_section_title: Charlottetown / Demography
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of stained glass windows at Saint Paul's Anglican Church in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (August 6, 2019)
context_page_description: Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom, Charlottetown was originally an unincorporated town that incorporated as a city in 1855.
  It was famously the site of the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the first gathering of Canadian and Maritime statesmen to debate the proposed Maritime Union and the more persuasive British North American Union, now known as Canadian Confederation, although PEI itself would not join Confederation until 1873, six years after it was formed in 1867. From this, the city adopted as its motto Cunabula Foederis—"Birthplace of Confederation".
  The population of Charlottetown in the 2016 census was 36,094; this forms the centre of a census agglomeration of 76,728, which is slightly less than half of the province's population.
context_section_description: According to the 2016 census the City of Charlottetown had 36,094 residents, an increase of 4.4% from 2011. Children under five account for approximately 4.4% of the resident population of Charlottetown. This compares with 4.9% in Prince Edward Island, and 5.4% for Canada overall.19.7% of the resident population in Charlottetown are of retirement age  compared with 19.4% in Prince Edward Island and 16.9% in Canada. The median age is 42.8 years of age compared to 44.5 years of age for Prince Edward Island and 41.2 years of age for all of Canada.
  There are 17,193 total private dwellings in Charlottetown with an occupancy rate of 93.6%. The median value of a private dwelling is $200,284 compared to $341,556 nationally. The population density is 814.1 per square kilometre. 
  Charlottetown is approximately 84.6% white, 12.3% visible minorities and 3.1% aboriginal as of 2016. The largest visible minority groups in Charlottetown are Chinese (5.2%), South Asian (1.9%), Arab (1.4%), and Black (1.4%). 85.8% of Charlottetown residents spoke English as their first language. Other common mother tongues are Chinese languages (4.6%) French (2.1%), and Arabic (1.2%). 
  As of 2011, the majority (75.4%) of residents are Christians. The most common denominations are Catholic (39.6%), United Church (11.3%), other Christian (9.2%), Presbyterian (6.2%), Anglican (4.1%), and Baptist (3.7%). People who have no religious affiliation make up 20.8% of the population There are also significant populations of Muslims (1.6%) and Buddhists (1.2%).
caption: Saint Paul's Anglican Church, Charlottetown (August 2019)
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