North Shore, Prince Edward Island

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North Shore
Rural municipality
Municipality of North Shore
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North Shore in Prince Edward Island
Coordinates: 46°22′34″N63°00′29″W / 46.376°N 63.008°W / 46.376; -63.008 Coordinates: 46°22′34″N63°00′29″W / 46.376°N 63.008°W / 46.376; -63.008
CountryCanada
Province Prince Edward Island
County Queens County
Lot Lot 34
Incorporated [1] 1974
AmalgamatedSeptember 28, 2018
Time zone AST
 • Summer (DST) ADT
Area code(s) 902
Website Official website

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]

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History

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

Communities

Demographics

Federal census population history of North Shore
YearPop.±%
2016 2,152—    
2021 2,500+16.2%
Source: Statistics Canada [3]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Shore had a population of 2,500 living in 981 of its 1,358 total private dwellings, a change of

NameFormer
municipal
status [4] [5] 		Original
incorporation
year [6] 		2016 Census of Population
Population
(2016) [7] [5] 		Population
(2011) [7] [8] 		ChangeLand area
(km2) [7] [8] 		Population
density [7]
Grand Tracadie Rural municipality1984294293+0.3%12.2
North ShoreRural municipality19741,2941,112+16.4%45.4
Pleasant Grove Rural municipality1980492496−0.8%13.6
Total former municipalities––2,0801,901+9.4%71.4

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Municipality of North Shore". Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "EC2018–584: Municipal Government Act Rural Municipality of Grand Tracadie and Rural Municipality of North Shore and Rural Municipality of Pleasant Grove Restructuring" (PDF). Government of Prince Edward Island Executive Council. September 25, 2018. pp. 318–320. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Existing Municipalities and New Municipalities – Municipal Government Act". Government of Prince Edward Island. January 6, 2017. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Prince Edward Island Municipal Boundaries" (PDF). Prince Edward Island Communities, Land and Environment. December 23, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Municipal Affairs and Provincial Planning". Department of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Prince Edward Island Municipal Boundaries" (PDF). Prince Edward Island Communities, Land and Environment. January 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Rural Municipality of North Shore Council". Rural Municipality of North Shore, PEI. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
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