Resort Municipality, officially named the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, is the lone municipality in

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, Canada that holds resort municipality status. It was established in 1990.

History

A rural resort area to the north and northwest of

North Rustico North Rustico is a Canadian town located in Queens County, Prince Edward Island. Situated on the north shore, North Rustico an incorporated municipality in 1954. North Rustico changed its status to a town on November 16, 2013. The town is known t ...

, comprising several communities, was incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico by

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in 1990.

Geography

Resort Municipality is located within Queens County approximately northwest of

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...

. It borders the Town of North Rustico and straddles several geographic levels in the province, including the townships of Lot 21, Lot 22, Lot 23 and Lot 24 as well as the parishes of Grenville and

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. Localities within Resort Municipality include Bayview,

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, Stanley Bridge, and Green Gables. The municipal office is located in Cavendish at the intersection of Route 6 and Route 13.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

Resort Municipality is governed by an elected council comprising a chair and six councillors. The chair of the current council is Matthew Jelley while the remaining council seats are held by councillors David Gauthier, Kay Hryckiw, Linda Lowther, Edmond Richard, George Clark Dunning and Gwen Wyand. The municipality's chief administrative officer is Brenda MacDonald. Administrative Assistant - Darlene Howell.

References

External links

*{{official website, www.resortmunicipalitypei.com Communities in Queens County, Prince Edward Island Resort municipalities in Prince Edward Island