New Haven-Riverdale is a former
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...
within
Queens County.
History
The Municipality of New Haven-Riverdale was originally incorporated in 1974.
It incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 2018.
On September 1, 2020, the Rural Municipality of New Haven-Riverdale amalgamated with the rural municipalities of
Afton,
Bonshaw,
Meadowbank, and
West River West River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
*West River (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
* West River (Pictou, Nova Scotia) in Pictou County, Nova Scotia
* West River (Halifax, Nova Scotia) in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
* West ...
.
[ The amalgamated municipality was named the Rural Municipality of West River.]
Geography
Localities within Bonshaw include Churchill, New Haven, Riverdale, and Strathgartney.[
]
See also
*List of communities in Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is the least populous province in Canada with 154,331 residents as of the 2021 census and is the smallest in land area at . Prince Edward Island's 63 municipalities cover of the province's land mass and were home to of ...
References
Communities in Queens County, Prince Edward Island
Former rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island
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