West River is a
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
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of
Prince Edward Island
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within
Queens County.
History
The Municipality of West River was originally incorporated in 1974.
It incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 2018.
On September 1, 2020, the Rural Municipality of West River amalgamated with the rural municipalities of
Afton,
Bonshaw,
Meadowbank, and
New Haven-Riverdale.
[ The amalgamated municipality was named the Rural Municipality of West River.]
Geography
Prior to the amalgamation, localities within West River included Canoe Cove, Long Creek, New Argyle, and St. Catherines.[
]
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
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, West River 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.
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
Rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island
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