Resort Municipality | |
Official Name: | Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico |
Settlement Type: | Resort municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada PEI |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Prince Edward Island |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Queens County |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Name3: | Grenville, Charlotte |
Subdivision Type4: | Township |
Subdivision Name4: | Lot 21, Lot 22, Lot 23, Lot 24 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Municipal Council |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Matthew Jelley |
Leader Title1: | Councillors |
Leader Title2: | CAO |
Leader Name2: | Brenda MacDonald |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1990 |
Area Total Km2: | 37.79 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 328 |
Population Density Km2: | 8.7 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 46.4833°N -86°W |
Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
Postal Code: | C0A 1N0 |
Area Code: | 902 (963 exchange) |
Blank Name: | NTS Map |
Blank1 Name: | GNBC Code |
Resort Municipality, officially named the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, is the lone municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada that holds resort municipality status. It was established in 1990.
A rural resort area to the north and northwest of North Rustico, comprising several communities, was incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico by order in council in 1990.[3]
Resort Municipality is located within Queens County approximately 35km (22miles) northwest of Charlottetown. It borders the Town of North Rustico[4] 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 Charlotte.
Localities within Resort Municipality include Bayview, Cavendish, Stanley Bridge, and Green Gables.[5] The municipal office is located in Cavendish at the intersection of Route 6 and Route 13.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 36.1km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
Resort Municipality is governed by an elected council comprising a mayor and six councillors.[8] The mayor of the current council is Matthew Jelley while the remaining council seats are held by councillors Kay Hryckiw, Linda Lowther, George Clark Dunning, Ryan Simpson, Lee Brammer and Chris Robinson.[8] The municipality's chief administrative officer is Brenda MacDonald. Assistant to the CAO- Heather Hay.