Population Increase and Charlottetown

Charlottetown: The population of the Island as whole is on the rise. The 3.2 per cent increase from 2006 to 2011 is the biggest in the region. But that growth has been concentrated around Charlottetown. The population increase for Charlottetown, Stratford and Cornwall for that period is almost exactly equal to the total growth for the province, meaning growth in other areas of the province is stagnant. , according to CBC. The majority of immigrants to P.E.I. over the last seven years have been from China. Over the past seven years an influx of thousands of immigrants has transformed Charlottetown, but left other areas of P.E.I. largely untouched. Numbers from Statistics Canada confirm the trend connection to immigration. More than 9,000 immigrants have landed on P.E.I. since 2007, and only a few hundred of those settled in Kings and Prince counties. Rural P.E.I. a tough sell (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.