North Shore, Prince Edward Island
Rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Shore is a rural municipality within Queens County in Prince Edward Island that was incorporated on September 28, 2018, through an amalgamation of three municipalities. The municipalities that amalgamated were the rural municipalities of Grand Tracadie, North Shore, and Pleasant Grove.[2]
North Shore | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of North Shore | |
.jpg) Covehead Harbour Lighthouse | |
  North Shore in Prince Edward Island | |
| Coordinates: 46.376°N 63.008°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Queens County |
| Lot | Lot 34 |
| Incorporated[1] | 1974 |
| Amalgamated | September 28, 2018 |
| Time zone | AST |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT |
| Area code | 902 |
| Website | Official website |
The original Rural Municipality of North Shore was incorporated in 1974.[1]
- Covehead
- Covehead Road
- Grand Tracadie
- Pleasant Grove
- Stanhope
- West Covehead
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2,152 | — |
| 2021 | 2,500 | +16.2% |
| Source: Statistics Canada[3] | ||
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Shore had a population of 2,500 living in 981 of its 1,358 total private dwellings, a change of 16.2% from its 2016 population of 2,152. With a land area of 71.13 km2 (27.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 35.1/km2 (91.0/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
| Name | Former municipal status[4][5] |
Original incorporation year[6] |
2016 Census of Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2016)[7][5] |
Population (2011)[7][8] |
Change | Land area (km2)[7][8] |
Population density[7] | |||
| Grand Tracadie | Rural municipality | 1984 | 294 | 293 | +0.3% | 12.2 | 24.1/km2 |
| North Shore | Rural municipality | 1974 | 1,294 | 1,112 | +16.4% | 45.4 | 28.5/km2 |
| Pleasant Grove | Rural municipality | 1980 | 492 | 496 | −0.8% | 13.6 | 36.2/km2 |
| Total former municipalities | – | – | 2,080 | 1,901 | +9.4% | 71.4 | 29.1/km2 |
The Rural Municipality of North Shore was first governed by an interim council comprising an interim mayor (Gordon Ellis) and fifteen interim councillors.[2] The first election for a mayor and six councillors (one for each of six wards) was on November 5, 2018.[2] resulting in the election of a Mayor (Gerard Watts) and six councillors.[9]
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