Neighbourhoods of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

There are various neighbourhoods within the city of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Brighton

Brighton is Charlottetown's most prestigious neighborhood, buffered from the city somewhat by bucolic Victoria Park. Comprising houses over 100 years old as well as newer developments from the 1970s to the 1990s, Brighton is roughly delineated by Colonel Gray Drive, North River Road, McGill Avenue and Spring Park Road. Houses with proximity to Charlottetown Harbour and the North (Yorke) River tend to be more prestigious with their large lots along a former cottage area. Mature trees line newer developments along Queen Elizabeth Drive, Edinburgh Drive, Inkerman Drive, and Prince Charles Drive. Older Victorian homes are situated in Old Brighton which is bounded by McGill Avenue, North River Road, Ambrose Street, and Brighton Road.

pring Park

The neighbourhood of Spring Park was originally a separate incorporated village located north and west of the city limits until amalgamation with Charlottetown in 1959. The neighbourhood is defined by Spring Park Road which ran from Charlottetown to the rural village. It is roughly delineated by Queen Street, Pond Street, Colonel Gray Drive and the southern boundary with West Royalty along the north (Hermitage Creek).

This was Charlottetown's first suburb developed during the 1960s and was centred on Spring Park Elementary School, originally located on Kirkwood Drive (now used by the Charlottetown Police Department) and currently on Dunkirk Street. The neighbourhood consisted of smaller bungalows interspersed with some larger homes and mature trees lining quiet streets. This is likely the most accessible Charlottetown neighbourhood to services within walking distance with several popular churches, restaurants, schools and employment locations within and adjacent to the area.

Holland Park, Westwood, Maryfield, and Skyview are residential developments that occupy the neighbourhood.

West Royalty

The former village of West Royalty is situated in the northwest portion of the city, bordered on the west by the North (Yorke) River, on the north by the former village of Winsloe (also part of Charlottetown), on the east by Route 2 and on the south by Hermitage Creek (the former city limits for Charlottetown and the northern boundary of its Spring Park neighbourhood).

Located on a peninsula in the North (Yorke) River created by Ellen's Creek, Lewis Point Park, Orchard Hill and Elliott Park are three neighbourhoods in West Royalty which were built in the 1970s and 1980s on former farm and wood land. The geographic inaccessibility of the area, along with its shoreline and striking water views of Charlottetown Harbour and the North River, made for several exclusive streets. Its major arteries are Maypoint Road and Beachgrove Road, which host the only multiple-unit apartment buildings in the neighbourhood. It is home to primarily upper-middle class families, although no schools are within walking distance from the neighbourhood.

West Royalty also hosts additional residential developments dating to the 1990s and 2000s (Grace Christian , Gates , Bell Heights , Richmond Hill , Park West , Upton Park and Sandlewood Park) as well as Charlottetown's largest suburban retail location, the Charlottetown Mall, centred on the road junction of Route 1 and Route 2.

The majority of new subdivisions have been built on speculation by developers and have yet to receive mature vegetation. The West Royalty Elementary School was constructed in recent years to alleviate bussing of students to schools in adjacent neighbourhoods.

herwood

The former village of Sherwood is situated in the northeast portion of the city. Largely developed in the 1960s and 1970s, the neighbourhood is largely middle class with some homes constructed in the 1980s and 1990s. The neighbourhood is roughly delineated by Mount Edward Road, Sherwood Road, Brackley Point Road, Oak Drive, Riverside Drive, Kensington Road, Falconwood Drive and Belvedere Avenue. The Charlottetown Airport, along with the Sherwood Industrial Park, is situated on its northern boundary and a retail centre is situated at the junction between Belvedere Avenue, St. Peters Road and Brackley Point Road.

Parkdale

The former town of Parkdale is located along the city's eastern boundary on the East (Hillsborough) River. Parkdale developed during the 1940s and 1950s into a suburb of the city and was home to several industries served by the railway, as well as hosting the city's harness racing track and exhibition grounds. The area is primarily middle class and has smaller homes. The neighbourhood is bounded by Mount Edward Road, Belvedere Avenue, Falconwood Drive, Riverside Drive, Park Street and Belmont Street.

East Royalty

The former village of East Royalty occupies the northeast portion of the city. It lies east of the airport and northeast of Riverside Drive, fronting the East (Hillsborough) River. The neighbourhood is dominated by the Hillsborough Park subdivision which was developed by the provincial government in the 1970s and 1980s to provide affordable housing. Consequently it is contains a variety of apartment buildings, townhouses, duplexes, as well as smaller single family homes.

The northern part of East Royalty is defined by St. Peters Road and Norwood Road, occupying small farming areas and several new subdivisions. The Lucy Maude Montgomery Elementary School was constructed in the 1980s to serve the area's growing population of young families.

Downtown Charlottetown

Downtown Charlottetown is the original boundaries of the community as surveyed in 1764 and comprises all property south of Euston Street and Park Street. The original 500 residential lots from this survey have been kept largely intact, except for some office and retail development in the centre of the city, focused on Queen Street and University Avenue, as well as Grafton Street and Kent Street. The Confederation Court Mall occupies an entire city block, and the downtown is dominated by federal and provincial government offices, as well as service industry employers. The city's cultural centre, the Confederation Centre of the Arts is located here, as is the provincial legislature building Province House and the city hall. Parts of the waterfront have been redeveloped during the 1990s from former industrial uses by the railway and commercial shipping industries into parkland. The entire waterfront south of water street was infilled with agricultural soil taken from properties adjacent to the rail lines north of the city during the early 1900s, consequently these areas are prone to erosion and sea level rise.