PEI

Geography & Places abbreviation · Canadian Province and Territory

PEI
Stands forPrince Edward Island
CategoriesGeography & Places

PEI stands for Prince Edward Island, a Canadian province and territory abbreviation.

Usual written and spoken short form of Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province, used everywhere from tourism ads to government names (Health PEI). Canadian Press style writes it with periods, P.E.I.

Example: We drove across the Confederation Bridge to PEI for the Anne of Green Gables festival.

Usage notes

Postal addresses use PE rather than PEI. The island is known for potatoes, mussels and the novel Anne of Green Gables (1908), set in Cavendish. In Mi'kmaq it is called Epekwitk, often rendered as cradled on the waves.

More Canadian province and territory abbreviations

  • NT – Northwest Territories
  • NU – Nunavut
  • NWT – Northwest Territories
  • ON – Ontario
  • Ont. – Ontario
  • PE – Prince Edward Island
  • PQ – Province of Quebec
  • QC – Quebec
  • Que. – Quebec
  • Sask. – Saskatchewan
  • SK – Saskatchewan
  • YK – Yukon

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