Demographics of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. According to the 2011 National Household Survey, the largest ethnic group consists of people of Scottish descent (39.2%), followed by English (31.1%), Irish (30.4%), French (21.1%), German (5.2%), and Dutch (3.1%) descent. Prince Edward Island is mostly a white community and there are few visible minorities. Chinese people are the largest visible minority group of Prince Edward Island, comprising 1.3% of the province's population. Almost half of respondents identified their ethnicity as "Canadian." Most readers will not know that Prince Edward Island is by a strong margin the most Celtic and specifically the most Scottish province in Canada (often thought to be Nova Scotia) and perhaps the most Scottish place (ethnically) in the world, outside of Scotland. 38% of islanders claim Scottish ancestry, but this is an underestimate and it is thought that almost 50% of islanders have Scottish roots. When combined with Irish and Welsh, almost 80% of islanders are of some Celtic stock, albeit most families have resided in PEI for at least two centuries. Few places outside Europe can claim such a homogenous Celtic ethnic background. Certainly, in a North American context, the only other jurisdiction with such a high percentage of British Isles heritage would be Newfoundland.
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Contents
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Population 1
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City Metropolitan Areas 1.1
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Cities and towns 1.2
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Population of Prince Edward Island since 1851 1.3
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Visible minorities and Aboriginals 2
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Ethnic groups 3
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Languages 4
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Migration 5
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Immigration 5.1
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Internal migration 5.2
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Religious Groups 6
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See also 7
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References 8
Population
City Metropolitan Areas
City
|
2011
|
2006
|
Land Area km²
|
Density /km²
|
Charlottetown
|
64,487
|
59,325
|
798.54
|
80.8
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Summerside
|
16,488
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16,153
|
91.85
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179.5
|
Cities and towns
Population of Prince Edward Island since 1851
Population of Prince Edward Island since 1851
Year
|
Population
|
Mean annual
% change
|
Five Year
% change
|
Ten Year
% change
|
Rank Among
Provinces
|
1851
|
62,678
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
5
|
1861
|
80,857
|
2.6
|
n/a
|
29.0
|
5
|
1871
|
94,021
|
1.5
|
n/a
|
16.3
|
5
|
1881
|
108,891
|
1.5
|
n/a
|
15.8
|
5
|
1891
|
109,078
|
0.017
|
n/a
|
0.2
|
6
|
1901
|
103,259
|
−0.55
|
n/a
|
-5.3
|
7
|
1911
|
93,728
|
−0.96
|
n/a
|
-9.2
|
9
|
1921
|
88,615
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−0.56
|
n/a
|
-5.4
|
9
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1931
|
88,038
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−0.065
|
n/a
|
-0.7
|
9
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1941
|
95,047
|
0.77
|
n/a
|
8.0
|
9
|
1951
|
98,429
|
0.35
|
n/a
|
3.6
|
10
|
1956
|
99,285
|
0.17
|
0.9
|
n/a
|
10
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1961
|
104,629
|
1.1
|
5.4
|
6.3
|
10
|
1966
|
108,535
|
0.74
|
3.7
|
9.3
|
10
|
1971
|
111,635
|
0.56
|
2.9
|
6.7
|
10
|
1976
|
118,225
|
1.2
|
5.9
|
8.9
|
10
|
1981
|
122,506
|
0.7
|
3.6
|
9.7
|
10
|
1986
|
126,640
|
0.67
|
3.4
|
7.1
|
10
|
1991
|
129,765
|
0.49
|
2.5
|
5.9
|
10
|
1996
|
134,557
|
0.73
|
3.7
|
6.3
|
10
|
2001
|
135,294
|
0.11
|
0.5
|
4.2
|
10
|
2006
|
138,581
|
0.47
|
2.4
|
2.9
|
10
|
2011
|
140,204
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0.25
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1.2
|
3.6
|
10
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Source: Statistics Canada[1][2]
Visible minorities and Aboriginals
Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
|
Population group
|
Population
|
% of total population
|
White
|
130,650
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7001974000000000000♠97.4%
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Visible minority group
Source:[3]
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South Asian
|
130
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6999100000000000000♠0.1%
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Chinese
|
250
|
6999200000000000000♠0.2%
|
Black
|
645
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6999500000000000000♠0.5%
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Filipino
|
30
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5000000000000000000♠0%
|
Latin American
|
215
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6999200000000000000♠0.2%
|
Arab
|
260
|
6999200000000000000♠0.2%
|
Southeast Asian
|
30
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
West Asian
|
30
|
5000000000000000000♠0%
|
Korean
|
70
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6999100000000000000♠0.1%
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Japanese
|
65
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5000000000000000000♠0%
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Visible minority, n.i.e.
|
60
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5000000000000000000♠0%
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Multiple visible minority
|
25
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5000000000000000000♠0%
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Total visible minority population
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1,825
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7000140000000000000♠1.4%
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Aboriginal group
Source:[4]
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First Nations
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1,230
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6999900000000000000♠0.9%
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Métis
|
385
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6999300000000000000♠0.3%
|
Inuit
|
30
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5000000000000000000♠0%
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Aboriginal, n.i.e.
|
75
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6999100000000000000♠0.1%
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Multiple Aboriginal identity
|
10
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5000000000000000000♠0%
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Total Aboriginal population
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1,730
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7000130000000000000♠1.3%
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Total population
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134,205
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100%
|
Ethnic groups
Nationalities in Canada
Ethnic Origin
|
Population
|
Percent
|
Canadian
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60,000
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44.98%
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Scottish
|
50,700
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38.01%
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English
|
38,330
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28.74%
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Irish
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37,170
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27.87%
|
French
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28,410
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21.30%
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German
|
5,400
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4.05%
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Dutch (Netherlands)
|
4,130
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3.10%
|
Acadian
|
3,020
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2.26%
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North American Indian
|
2,360
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1.77%
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Welsh
|
1,440
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1.08%
|
American (USA)
|
640
|
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Polish
|
615
|
|
Italian
|
605
|
|
Lebanese
|
525
|
|
Danish
|
420
|
|
Norwegian
|
325
|
|
Ukrainian
|
320
|
|
Swedish
|
315
|
|
Belgian
|
240
|
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Métis
|
245
|
|
Chinese
|
225
|
|
Hungarian (Magyar)
|
225
|
|
British, not included elsewhere
|
210
|
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Spanish
|
175
|
|
Jewish
|
165
|
|
Russian
|
160
|
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Swiss
|
145
|
|
Finnish
|
135
|
|
Inuit
|
120
|
|
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Information taken from the Canada 2001 Census..[5]
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* These percentages sum to more than 100% due to dual responses (e.g. "French-Canadian" generating an entry in both "French" and "Canadian" categories.) Groups with greater than 1,000 responses are included.
Languages
The
2006 Canadian census showed a population of 135,851. Of the 133,570 singular responses to the question concerning
mother tongue the most commonly reported languages were:
Place
|
Language
|
Population
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Percentage
|
1
|
English
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125,260
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93.78%
|
2
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French
|
5,345
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4.00%
|
3
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Dutch
|
865
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0.65%
|
4
|
German
|
275
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0.21%
|
5
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Spanish
|
220
|
0.16%
|
6
|
Chinese languages
|
190
|
0.14%
|
|
Mandarin
|
45
|
0.03%
|
|
Cantonese
|
15
|
0.01%
|
7
|
Arabic
|
150
|
0.11%
|
8
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Hungarian
|
120
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0.09%
|
9
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Algonquian languages
|
95
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0.07%
|
|
Mi'kmaq
|
90
|
0.07%
|
10
|
Serbo-Croatian languages
|
85
|
0.07%
|
|
Serbian
|
35
|
0.03%
|
|
Croatian
|
20
|
0.01%
|
|
Bosnian
|
15
|
0.01%
|
|
Serbo-Croatian
|
15
|
0.01%
|
11
|
Japanese
|
80
|
0.06%
|
12
|
Bantu languages
|
70
|
0.05%
|
12
|
Polish
|
70
|
0.05%
|
14
|
Korean
|
65
|
0.05%
|
14
|
Scandinavian languages
|
65
|
0.05%
|
|
Danish
|
40
|
0.03%
|
|
Swedish
|
15
|
0.01%
|
|
Icelandic
|
10
|
0.01%
|
16
|
Frisian
|
55
|
0.04%
|
16
|
Italian
|
55
|
0.04%
|
18
|
Flemish
|
40
|
0.03%
|
18
|
Hindi
|
40
|
0.03%
|
20
|
Creole
|
35
|
0.03%
|
20
|
Urdu
|
35
|
0.03%
|
There were also 30 single-language responses for Greek and Niger-Congo languages n.i.e.; 25 for Russian; 20 for Ukrainian; 15 for Finnish, Germanic languages n.i.e., Inuktitut, Maltese, Persian and Tagalog; and 10 for Czech, Estonian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Turkish and Vietnamese. In addition, there were also 105 responses of English and a non-official language; 25 of French and a non-official language; 495 of English and French; and 10 of English, French, and a non-official language. (Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.)[6]
Migration
Immigration
The 2006 Canadian census counted a total of 4,785 immigrants living in Prince Edward Island.
The most commonly reported origins for these immigrants were:
[7]
Place
|
Country
|
Population
|
1
|
United States
|
1,255
|
2
|
United Kingdom
|
1,165
|
3
|
Netherlands
|
500
|
4
|
Germany
|
225
|
5
|
Yugoslavia
|
140
|
6
|
Belgium
|
85
|
7
|
Colombia
|
70
|
7
|
South Korea
|
70
|
9
|
Australia
|
65
|
9
|
New Zealand
|
65
|
11
|
China
|
60
|
11
|
Lebanon
|
60
|
There were also about fifty-five immigrants from Denmark; about fifty each from India, Japan, and Poland; about forty-five each from Hungary, Sierra Leone, and Syria; and about thirty-five from Zimbabwe.
Internal migration
A total of 16,205 people moved to Prince Edward Island from other parts of Canada between 1996 and 2006 while 15,445 people moved in the opposite direction. These movements resulted in a net outmigration of 1,450 people to Alberta; and a net influx of 700 people from Newfoundland and Labrador, 530 from Ontario, 295 from Nova Scotia, 180 from New Brunswick, 150 from British Columbia, and 110 from Manitoba. During this period there was also a net outmigration of 165 francophones to Quebec, and a net influx of 145 anglophones from Quebec. (All net inter-provincial and official minority movements of more than 100 persons are given.)[8]
Religious Groups
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Information taken from the 2001 Canadian Census.[5]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown comprises the entire Island and is the second oldest English diocese in Canada. The Archdiocese of Kingston is the oldest.
See also
References
-- Module:Hatnote -- -- -- -- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It -- -- implements the and meta-templates and includes -- -- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --
local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType local mArguments -- lazily initialise Module:Arguments local yesno -- lazily initialise Module:Yesno
local p = {}
-- Helper functions
local function getArgs(frame) -- Fetches the arguments from the parent frame. Whitespace is trimmed and -- blanks are removed. mArguments = require('Module:Arguments') return mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) end
local function removeInitialColon(s) -- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present. return s:match('^:?(.*)') end
function p.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon) -- Finds the namespace id (namespace number) of a link or a pagename. This -- function will not work if the link is enclosed in double brackets. Colons -- are trimmed from the start of the link by default. To skip colon -- trimming, set the removeColon parameter to true. checkType('findNamespaceId', 1, link, 'string') checkType('findNamespaceId', 2, removeColon, 'boolean', true) if removeColon ~= false then link = removeInitialColon(link) end local namespace = link:match('^(.-):') if namespace then local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace] if nsTable then return nsTable.id end end return 0 end
function p.formatPages(...) -- Formats a list of pages using formatLink and returns it as an array. Nil -- values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local ret = {} for i, page in ipairs(pages) do ret[i] = p._formatLink(page) end return ret end
function p.formatPageTables(...) -- Takes a list of page/display tables and returns it as a list of -- formatted links. Nil values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local links = {} for i, t in ipairs(pages) do checkType('formatPageTables', i, t, 'table') local link = t[1] local display = t[2] links[i] = p._formatLink(link, display) end return links end
function p.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory) -- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext. If -- addTrackingCategory is not false after being returned from -- Module:Yesno, and if we are not on a talk page, a tracking category -- is added. checkType('makeWikitextError', 1, msg, 'string') checkType('makeWikitextError', 2, helpLink, 'string', true) yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() -- Make the help link text. local helpText if helpLink then helpText = ' (help)' else helpText = end -- Make the category text. local category if not title.isTalkPage and yesno(addTrackingCategory) ~= false then category = 'Hatnote templates with errors' category = string.format( '%s:%s', mw.site.namespaces[14].name, category ) else category = end return string.format( '%s', msg, helpText, category ) end
-- Format link -- -- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are escaped -- with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected and displayed -- with " § " as a separator rather than the standard MediaWiki "#". Used in -- the template.
function p.formatLink(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local link = args[1] local display = args[2] if not link then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no link specified', 'Template:Format hatnote link#Errors', args.category ) end return p._formatLink(link, display) end
function p._formatLink(link, display) -- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the -- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links -- categorise the page and file links display the file. checkType('_formatLink', 1, link, 'string') checkType('_formatLink', 2, display, 'string', true) link = removeInitialColon(link) local namespace = p.findNamespaceId(link, false) local colon if namespace == 6 or namespace == 14 then colon = ':' else colon = end -- Find whether a faux display value has been added with the | magic -- word. if not display then local prePipe, postPipe = link:match('^(.-)|(.*)$') link = prePipe or link display = postPipe end -- Find the display value. if not display then local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$') if page then display = page .. ' § ' .. section end end -- Assemble the link. if display then return string.format('%s', colon, link, display) else return string.format('%s%s', colon, link) end end
-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.
function p.hatnote(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local s = args[1] local options = {} if not s then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no text specified', 'Template:Hatnote#Errors', args.category ) end options.extraclasses = args.extraclasses options.selfref = args.selfref return p._hatnote(s, options) end
function p._hatnote(s, options) checkType('_hatnote', 1, s, 'string') checkType('_hatnote', 2, options, 'table', true) local classes = {'hatnote'} local extraclasses = options.extraclasses local selfref = options.selfref if type(extraclasses) == 'string' then classes[#classes + 1] = extraclasses end if selfref then classes[#classes + 1] = 'selfref' end return string.format( '
%s
', table.concat(classes, ' '), s )
end
return p-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Module:Hatnote -- -- -- -- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It -- -- implements the and meta-templates and includes -- -- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --
local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType local mArguments -- lazily initialise Module:Arguments local yesno -- lazily initialise Module:Yesno
local p = {}
-- Helper functions
local function getArgs(frame) -- Fetches the arguments from the parent frame. Whitespace is trimmed and -- blanks are removed. mArguments = require('Module:Arguments') return mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) end
local function removeInitialColon(s) -- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present. return s:match('^:?(.*)') end
function p.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon) -- Finds the namespace id (namespace number) of a link or a pagename. This -- function will not work if the link is enclosed in double brackets. Colons -- are trimmed from the start of the link by default. To skip colon -- trimming, set the removeColon parameter to true. checkType('findNamespaceId', 1, link, 'string') checkType('findNamespaceId', 2, removeColon, 'boolean', true) if removeColon ~= false then link = removeInitialColon(link) end local namespace = link:match('^(.-):') if namespace then local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace] if nsTable then return nsTable.id end end return 0 end
function p.formatPages(...) -- Formats a list of pages using formatLink and returns it as an array. Nil -- values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local ret = {} for i, page in ipairs(pages) do ret[i] = p._formatLink(page) end return ret end
function p.formatPageTables(...) -- Takes a list of page/display tables and returns it as a list of -- formatted links. Nil values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local links = {} for i, t in ipairs(pages) do checkType('formatPageTables', i, t, 'table') local link = t[1] local display = t[2] links[i] = p._formatLink(link, display) end return links end
function p.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory) -- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext. If -- addTrackingCategory is not false after being returned from -- Module:Yesno, and if we are not on a talk page, a tracking category -- is added. checkType('makeWikitextError', 1, msg, 'string') checkType('makeWikitextError', 2, helpLink, 'string', true) yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() -- Make the help link text. local helpText if helpLink then helpText = ' (help)' else helpText = end -- Make the category text. local category if not title.isTalkPage and yesno(addTrackingCategory) ~= false then category = 'Hatnote templates with errors' category = string.format( '%s:%s', mw.site.namespaces[14].name, category ) else category = end return string.format( '%s', msg, helpText, category ) end
-- Format link -- -- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are escaped -- with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected and displayed -- with " § " as a separator rather than the standard MediaWiki "#". Used in -- the template.
function p.formatLink(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local link = args[1] local display = args[2] if not link then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no link specified', 'Template:Format hatnote link#Errors', args.category ) end return p._formatLink(link, display) end
function p._formatLink(link, display) -- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the -- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links -- categorise the page and file links display the file. checkType('_formatLink', 1, link, 'string') checkType('_formatLink', 2, display, 'string', true) link = removeInitialColon(link) local namespace = p.findNamespaceId(link, false) local colon if namespace == 6 or namespace == 14 then colon = ':' else colon = end -- Find whether a faux display value has been added with the | magic -- word. if not display then local prePipe, postPipe = link:match('^(.-)|(.*)$') link = prePipe or link display = postPipe end -- Find the display value. if not display then local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$') if page then display = page .. ' § ' .. section end end -- Assemble the link. if display then return string.format('%s', colon, link, display) else return string.format('%s%s', colon, link) end end
-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.
function p.hatnote(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local s = args[1] local options = {} if not s then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no text specified', 'Template:Hatnote#Errors', args.category ) end options.extraclasses = args.extraclasses options.selfref = args.selfref return p._hatnote(s, options) end
function p._hatnote(s, options) checkType('_hatnote', 1, s, 'string') checkType('_hatnote', 2, options, 'table', true) local classes = {'hatnote'} local extraclasses = options.extraclasses local selfref = options.selfref if type(extraclasses) == 'string' then classes[#classes + 1] = extraclasses end if selfref then classes[#classes + 1] = 'selfref' end return string.format( '
%s
', table.concat(classes, ' '), s )
end
return p
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^ Statistics Canada - PEI Population trend
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^ Population urban and rural, by province and territory (Nova Scotia). Statistics Canada, 2005.
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^ Edward Island&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=, Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
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^ Edward Island&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=, Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
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^ a b PEI 2001 Canadian Census
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