North Shore, Prince Edward Island Explained

North Shore
Official Name:	Municipality of North Shore
Settlement Type:	Rural municipality
Pushpin Map:	PEI
Pushpin Label Position:	none
Pushpin Map Caption:	North Shore in Prince Edward Island
Pushpin Mapsize:	220
Coordinates:	46.376°N -63.008°W
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 Type4:	Lot
Subdivision Name4:	Lot 34
Established Title:	Incorporated^[1]
Established Date:	1974
Established Title2:	Amalgamated
Established Date2:	September 28, 2018
Timezone:	AST
Timezone Dst:	ADT
Postal Code Type:	Canadian postal code

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]

History

The original Rural Municipality of North Shore was incorporated in 1974.^[1]

Communities

• Covehead
• Covehead Road
• Grand Tracadie
• Pleasant Grove
• Stanhope
• West Covehead

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Shore had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 71.13km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[3]

Name	Former municipal status^[4]	Original incorporation year^[5]	2016 Census of Population
Population (2016)^[6] ^[7]	Population (2011)^[8]	Change	Land area (km^2)	Population density
	Rural municipality
North Shore	Rural municipality
	Rural municipality
Total former municipalities	-	-

Government

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Municipality of North Shore . Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs . February 7, 2015.
2. Web site: EC2018 - 584: Municipal Government Act Rural Municipality of Grand Tracadie and Rural Municipality of North Shore and Rural Municipality of Pleasant Grove Restructuring . Government of Prince Edward Island Executive Council . 318–320 . September 25, 2018 . October 27, 2018.
3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Prince Edward Island . . February 9, 2022 . March 3, 2022.
4. Web site: Existing Municipalities and New Municipalities  - Municipal Government Act . Government of Prince Edward Island . January 6, 2017 . December 26, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034745/https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/communities-land-and-environment/existing-municipalities-and-new-municipalities . December 1, 2017 . dead .
5. Web site: Municipal Affairs and Provincial Planning . Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs . February 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111956/http://www.gov.pe.ca/mapp/municipalitites.php . December 8, 2015.
6. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Prince Edward Island) . . February 8, 2017 . February 11, 2017.
7. Web site: Prince Edward Island Municipal Boundaries . Prince Edward Island Communities, Land and Environment . December 23, 2017 . December 29, 2017.
8. Web site: Prince Edward Island Municipal Boundaries . Prince Edward Island Communities, Land and Environment . January 2016 . December 29, 2016.
9. Web site: Rural Municipality of North Shore Council . Rural Municipality of North Shore, PEI . 4 April 2019.