Lot 15, Prince Edward Island

Lot 15
Lot 15
Township
	Map of Prince Edward Island highlighting Lot 15
	Coordinates: 46°26′N 64°5′W / 46.433°N 64.083°W
Country	Canada
Province	Prince Edward Island
County	Prince County
Parish	Richmond Parish
Area
• Total	94.58 km2 (36.52 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	1,113
• Density	11.8/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code	C0B
Area code	902
NTS Map	021I08
GNBC Code	BAERB

Lot 15 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Richmond Parish. Lot 15 was awarded to Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester in the 1767 land lottery.^[2]

The township is the only part of the province to have a Francophone majority. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 780 declared that they spoke English and French, 10 declared they were French monolinguals, and 325 declared they were English monolinguals.^[3]

Communities

Incorporated municipalities:

Civic address communities:

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1871	1,550	—
1881	1,908	+23.1%
1891	2,062	+8.1%
1901	2,516	+22.0%
1911	2,189	−13.0%
1921	1,630	−25.5%
1931	1,514	−7.1%
1941	1,665	+10.0%
2016	1,113	−33.2%
^[4]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ Clark, Andrew Hill (1959). Three Centuries and the Island. Toronto Press. pp. Appendix B.
^ "Lot 15, Knowledge of official languages". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1944). Cudmore, S. A. (ed.). Eighth Census of Canada 1941 (Report). Vol. II: Population by Local Subdivisions. Edmond Cloutier, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. p. 55.