St. Peters Bay is a municipality that holds
community status in
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen 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 several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...
, Canada.
It was incorporated in 1953.
[ St. Peters Bay is well known for its annual Blueberry Festival and Parade, which draws in tourists and locals alike.
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Peters Bay 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.
Attractions
*Confederation Trail
*St. Peter's Courthouse Theatre
*St. Peters Landing, shops that opened in 2005 after a major dredging and restructuring project surrounding the bay and the bridge
Infrastructure
The community is served mainly by Prince Edward Island Route 2
Route 2, also known as Veterans Memorial Highway and the All Weather Highway, is a two-lane uncontrolled access highway traversing Prince Edward Island, Canada from Tignish to Souris. Route 2 was recognized as the first numbered highway in the pr ...
and Prince Edward Island Route 16 with other areas of the province.
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
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Communities in Kings County, Prince Edward Island
Rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island