Parkdale, Prince Edward Island

Parkdale is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Parkdale's location immediately northeast of Charlottetown and southeast of Sherwood saw it grow from being a rural farming community in the Queens Royalty to become a village on November 6, 1958. It was incorporated as a town in 1973 and was amalgamated into Charlottetown on April 1, 1995.

Presently a neighbourhood, Parkdale has a mix of housing, commercial and light industrial districts across an area of several dozen hectares, bounded by the railway line to the south and west, Belvedere Avenue/Falconwood Drive to the north, and the Hillsborough River to the east.

Parkdale had an active volunteer fire department which has since been closed since municipal amalgamation. It is the location of the Provincial Exhibition and Charlottetown Driving Park.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Neighbourhoods	Brighton Downtown East Royalty Parkdale Sherwood Spring Park West Royalty Winsloe

History and culture	Charlottetown Conference Charlottetown Festival Confederation Centre of the Arts Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst Victoria Row

Government and politics	Clifford J. Lee (mayor) Past Mayors Charlottetown City Council Charlottetown City Hall

Transportation	Charlottetown Airport T3 Transit Hillsborough River Bridge

Health and safety	Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hillsborough Hospital Charlottetown Police Department

Education	University of Prince Edward Island Holland College English Language School Board Commission scolaire de langue française

Media	Charlottetown Guardian CBCT-DT CBAF-FM-15 CFCY-FM CHLQ-FM CHTN-FM CIOG-FM CKQK-FM Island Media Arts Cooperative

Sports and recreation	Charlottetown Islanders Island Storm Eastlink Centre Charlottetown Driving Park Victoria Park, Charlottetown

Buildings and structures	Province House Government House St. Dunstan's Basilica All Souls' Chapel (Prince Edward Island) St. Peter's Cathedral (Charlottetown) Hotel Charlottetown Jean Canfield Building

Coordinates: 46°15′N 63°07′W / 46.250°N 63.117°W / 46.250; -63.117

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