Official registration of births and deaths began in 1906. Copies of the records are available from:

Director of Vital Statistics
Department of Health & Community Services Agency
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
CANADA
Telephone: 902-368-4420

Baptisms prior to 1886 and death records prior to 1906 are located at the Public Archives and Records Office. These archives hold a collection of marriage records dating back to 1787 (1813–1824 are missing). This includes licenses from 1831 to 1907 and marriage bonds from 1849 to 1902.

One of the most important resources for vital records at the Family History Library is:

Master Name Index of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation. [Charlottetown, P.E.I.]: P.E.I. Genealogical Society and P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, 1985. (FHL films 1490091–1490150.) These are names extracted from census returns, marriage bonds, land and church records, passenger lists, newspapers, and so forth.

The Family History Library also has:

Prince Edward Island. Division of Vital Statistics. Marriage Registers, 1832–1888. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Microfilmed by the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, 1983. (FHL films 1630091–95.) These are microfilms of the original records in the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island.

Prince Edward Island Card Index to Deaths Prior to 1906. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Filmed by the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, 1984. (FHL films 1487741–44 and 1487754.) These are microfilms of the original records in the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island.

Marriages, 1843–1892, Prince Edward Island. (FHL fiche 6048786.)

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