CIAA Location

CIAA 2018 will be held on the campus of the University of Prince Edward Island, located in Charlottetown, the capital city of "the smallest and the greenest province of Canada": Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island (PEI) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, connected to the mainland (New Brunswick) by Confederation Bridge, the longest bridge in the world over waters that freeze.

• Confederation Bridge was completed in 1997 and has now more than 20 years of operation.
  • The length of the bridge is approximately 13Km.
  • It is the 45th in the world in terms of overall length, but is still the longest over freezing waters.

PEI Statistics

• Area: 5,686.03 km².
• Population (Census 2016): 142,907 up 1.9% from 2011.
• Density: 25.1 people /Km²
  • Francophone population: 4,550
  • Charlottetown : 44,739
• Highest point of elevation is 152m above sea level
• 224km long and from 6.5km to 65km wide.

Climate Statistics:

• Average snowfall: yearly 290 centimetres
• Average rainfall: July 86 mm, August 87mm, yearly average 1158mm(Charlottetown)
• Temperature:
  • During July and August, the average daytime high in PEI is 23°C
  • January (mean) max -3.3°C, min. -11.3°C.
  • July (mean) max 23.2°C, min. 13.8°C.
  • August (mean) max 22.6°C, min. 13.5°C.
• The Island is relatively free of fog year-round.
• Maximum temperatures exceed 30°C only once or twice a year and have never exceeded 37.8°C.