Abram-Village is a

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

Prince County A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

, Canada. It is located in the township of Lot 15, approximately 27 kilometers west of the city of Summerside. Located in the "Evangeline Region", a collection of Francophone

Acadian The Acadians (; , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, most descendants of Acadians live in either the Northern American region of Acadia, ...

communities in the central part of Prince County, Abram-Village is famous for its Acadian Festival during late August and early September. The

Commission scolaire de langue française The Commission scolaire de langue française is a school district in Abram-Village, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The Commission scolaire de langue française is a Francophone district operating 6 public schools (gr. 1–12) across the province ...

, which administers the province's six French public schools, is headquartered in Abram-Village. The community is home to the

Western Red Wings The Western Red Wings (officially the Arsenault's Fish Mart Western Red Wings due to sponsorship reasons) were a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team located in Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island. They competed in the Island Junior Hockey Leagu ...

of the

Island Junior Hockey League The Island Junior Hockey League is a Junior ice hockey#Junior B, Junior "B" ice hockey league in Prince Edward Island, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. History The IJHL shares its Island Junior Hockey League (1973–1991), name with a forme ...

History

The community is named after Abraham Arsenault, the first settler who came to the township in the 1820s. Originally named "Abram's Village" it was officially renamed to "Abram-Village" on April 3, 201

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ...

, Abram-Village had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Communities in Prince County, Prince Edward Island Rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-geo-stub