Bedeque and Area
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{{Infobox settlement
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|official_name = Municipality of Bedeque and Area
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|pushpin_map_caption = Bedeque and Area in Prince Edward Island
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|coordinates = {{coord|46.339|-63.714|region:CA-PE|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Prince Edward Island
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Prince County
|subdivision_type3 = Parish
|subdivision_name3 = St David's
|subdivision_type4 = Lot
|subdivision_name4 = Lot 26
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Matthew Bowness
|leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor
|leader_name1 = Karen Ashley-Neill
|leader_title3 = Councillors
|leader_name3 = Rob Green
Barry Stewart
Mitchell Arsenault
Nichola Arsenault
Derrick Blacquiere
|leader_title2 = CAO
|leader_name2 = Kevin McKenna
|established_title = Incorporated
|established_date = November 17, 2014
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|area_total_km2 = 2.26
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|population_as_of = 2021
|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Bedeque%20and%20Area&DGUIDlist=2021A00051103015&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 | title=Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names, From January 2, 2014 to January 1, 2015 – Table 1 Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory (with 8C and 9C) | publisher=Statistics Canada | type=XLSX | date=May 27, 2015 | access-date=May 30, 2015}}
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|population_total = 311
|population_density_km2 = 137.5
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|postal_code_type = Canadian postal code
|postal_code = C0B 1G0
|area_code = 902
|blank_name = Telephone Exchange
|blank_info = 887
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Bedeque and Area ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|d|ɛ|k|}}){{Citation| author = The Canadian Press| title = The Canadian Press Stylebook| place = Toronto| publisher = The Canadian Press| edition = 18th| year = 2017}} is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada.{{cite web | url=https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/municipal_directory.pdf | title=Municipal Councils and Contact Information | publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island | date=January 27, 2017 | access-date=February 4, 2017 | archive-date=December 29, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229172504/https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/municipal_directory.pdf | url-status=dead }} It was formed through the amalgamation of the communities of Bedeque and Central Bedeque on November 17, 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/ordersincouncil/pdf/20140909_520-533.pdf | title=EC2014-524: Municipalities Act, Community of Central Bedeque and Community of Bedeque Amalgamation | publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island: Executive Council | type=PDF | page=2 | date=September 9, 2014 | access-date=February 8, 2015}}
Demographics
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|2011|310
|2016|302
|2021|311
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| source = Statistics Canada
{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=11 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Prince Edward Island) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=February 2, 2022}}
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bedeque and Area had a population of {{val|311|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|123|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|132|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:311-302}}|302|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|302|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|2.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|311|2.26|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000211 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Prince Edward Island | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 3, 2022}}