Summerside, Prince Edward Island

City of Summerside
City of Summerside
	The waterfront development of Summerside
	Motto: The Garden of the Gulf
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 46°23′36″N 63°47′25″W / 46.39333°N 63.79028°W
Country	Canada
Province	Prince Edward Island
County	Prince County
Founded	1800s
Town	April 1, 1877
City	April 1, 1995
Government
• City Mayor	Basil Stewart
• Councillors	Bruce MacDougall; Frank Costa; Peter Holman; Jim Steele; Ron Dowling; Jeff Sullivan; Tina Mundy; Cory Thomas
Area
• Total	28.36 km2 (10.95 sq mi)
Elevation	Sea level to 29 m (0 to 95.1 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,751
Time zone	UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Website	City of Summerside Website

Summerside is a city in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.

The population of Summerside was 14,751 in 2011.^[1] The mayor of Summerside is Basil Stewart.

Summerside was incorporated as a town on April 1, 1877, and as a city on April 1, 1995. The largest employer in the city is the Canada Revenue Agency. The city was home to CFB Summerside, an air force base located in the city, but that has since closed. The city is the only municipality in North America that owns its own electric utility and provides its residents with 46% of their energy consumption through green wind energy.^[2] The city is home to the Summerside Storm which play in the National Basketball League of Canada. The former post office that is located on Summer Street is a National Historic Site of Canada.^[3]