For the first time in recent years, Prince Edward Island's population has shown some small signs of decline.

According to recent data from Statistics Canada, P.E.I.'s population stood at 179,280 on Jan. 1, 2025, which reflects a tiny drop of 21 people from the previous quarter.

Though that's small, it does mark the first quarterly decrease since the last three months of 2020, when the population briefly declined during the COVID pandemic before resuming its steady growth.

As of Thursday, live proj…