St. Peters Bay | |
Official Name: | Municipality of St. Peters Bay |
Settlement Type: | Community |
Pushpin Map: | PEI |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | St. Peters Bay in Prince Edward Island |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Coordinates: | 46.417°N -62.581°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Prince Edward Island |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kings County |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Type4: | Lot |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Title1: | Councillors |
Leader Title2: | CAO |
Established Title: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date: | 1953 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 253 |
Timezone: | AST |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Postal Code Type: | Canadian postal code |
Blank Name: | Telephone Exchange |
Blank Info: | 961 |
Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
St. Peters Bay is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada.[2] It was incorporated in 1953.[1] St. Peters Bay is well known for its annual Blueberry Festival and Parade, which draws in tourists and locals alike.
St. Peters Bay has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). The average annual temperature in St. Peters Bay is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Maniwaki was on 10 August 2001; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 February 1993.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Peters Bay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 4.44km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
The community is served mainly by Prince Edward Island Route 2 and Prince Edward Island Route 16 with other areas of the province.