Resort Municipality, Prince Edward Island

Resort Municipality, officially named the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, is a resort municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the sole such municipality in the province. It was established in 1990.

History

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.

Geography

Resort Municipality is located within Queens County approximately northwest of Charlottetown. It borders the Town of North Rustico 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. The municipal office is located in Cavendish at the intersection of Route 6 and Route 13.

Demographics

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, it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

Resort Municipality is governed by an elected council comprising a mayor and six councillors. The mayor of the current council is Lee Brammer while the remaining council seats are held by councillors George Clark-Dunning, Kay Hryckiw, Chris Robinson, Ryan Simpson, Ian Stewart and Catherine Peconi. The municipality's chief administrative officer is Brenda MacDonald. Assistant to the CAO- Heather Hay.