Restored Province House will offer visitors stories of Black, Indigenous communities when it reopens next year [Video]

P.E.I.’s historic Province House is scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2025 after 10 years of renovations that cost more than $138 million. 

The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island began meeting in Province House in 1847, and in 1864, the building hosted the Charlottetown Conference that eventually led to Confederation.

But when visitors return to the hallways, they will hear about more than the Fathers of Confederation.

The project team of Parks Canada created a stakeholder advisory committee, as well as a First Nations advisory circle, to help shape the new visitor experience, to include the history of Indigenous, Black and other communities on P.E.I.

Historic Province House is now scheduled to re-open in the fall of 2025 after 10 years of renovations valued at more than $138 million. Visitors will hear about more than the Fathers of Confederation as they walk through the restored building. The new …