| Hunter River | |
| Settlement Type: | Community |
| Pushpin Map: | PEI |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Hunter River in Prince Edward Island |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
| Coordinates: | 46.355°N -63.349°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 Name3: | Grenville Parish |
| Subdivision Type4: | Township |
| Subdivision Name4: | Lot 23 |
| Leader Title: | CAO |
| Leader Name: | Sarah Weeks |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1974 |
| Established Title3: | Community |
| Established Date3: | 1983 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 390 |
| Population Density Km2: | 64.5 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
| Postal Code: | C0A 1N0 |
| Area Code: | 902 |
| Blank Name: | Telephone Exchanges |
| Blank Info: | 621, 734, 964 |
| Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
| Blank1 Info: | 011L06 |
| Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
| Blank2 Info: | BAEKC |
| Website: | Community Website |
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.
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.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hunter 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 6.04km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]