Flag of Prince Edward Island
Officially Province of Prince Edward Island
Locally Île-du-Prince-Édouard
What the flag looks like
A red band across the top with a gold lion; below, on white, a large oak tree and three oak saplings on a green island, all framed on three sides by a border of alternating red and white blocks.
What it means
The lion stands for England, the great oak for Britain, and the three saplings for the island's three counties, sheltering under it as the motto "Parva sub ingenti" ("The small under the protection of the great") says.
How to remember it
Prince Edward Island
grows one big oak and three little ones on white inside a red-and-white chequered border; New Brunswick
has the same lion band but a ship on gold.
Fun facts
- Charlottetown hosted the 1864 conference that led to Confederation, yet Prince Edward Island did not join Canada until 1873.
- Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province by both area and population.
Prince Edward Island at a glance
- Type
- Province
- Joined Confederation
- 1873
- Capital
- Charlottetown
- Region
- Atlantic Canada
- Population
- 154,331
- Area
- 5,660 km²
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Canadian dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1964
Flags often confused with Prince Edward Island
- New Brunswick: New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island both have a gold lion on a red band across the top. New Brunswick has a black galley on gold and water below; Prince Edward Island has oak trees on white and a red-and-white border.