Hunter River, Prince Edward Island

Hunter River is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada.^[1] It is located in Queens County southwest of North Rustico. It is situated on the Hunter River.

Hunter River
Community
Hunter River in Prince Edward Island
Coordinates: 46.35497°N 63.34897°W / 46.35497; -63.34897
Country	Canada
Province	Prince Edward Island
County	Queens County
Parish	Grenville Parish
Township	Lot 23
Incorporated	1974
Community	1983
Government
• CAO	Sarah Weeks
Area
• Total	2.33 sq mi (6.04 km2)
Population  (2021)
• Total	390
• Density	167/sq mi (64.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code	C0A 1N0
Area code	902
Telephone Exchanges	621, 734, 964
NTS Map	011L06
GNBC Code	BAEKC
Website	Community Website

It has been suggested that Hunter River is represented in the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery as Bright River in the fictional region of Avonlea.^[2]

James Charles McGuigan, who became Archbishop of Toronto and a Cardinal, was born in Hunter River.

Demographics

Federal census population history of Hunter River

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	311	—
1976	310	−0.3%
1981	322	+3.9%
1986	317	−1.6%
1991	356	+12.3%
1996	354	−0.6%
2001	354	+0.0%
2006	319	−9.9%
2011	294	−7.8%
2016	356	+21.1%
2021	390	+9.6%
Source: Statistics Canada [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hunter River had a population of 390 living in 164 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of 9.6% from its 2016 population of 356. With a land area of 6.04 km² (2.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 64.6/km² (167.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[12]