Hunter River, Prince Edward Island
# Hunter River, Prince Edward Island

Hunter River is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada. 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.

James Charles McGuigan, who became Archbishop of Toronto and a Cardinal, was born in Hunter River.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hunter River had a population of 390 living in 164 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of 9.6% from its 2016 population of 356. With a land area of 6.04 $km^2$ (2.33 sq mi), it had a population density of $64.6/km^2$ (167.2/sq mi) in 2021.

