title: Bedeque and Area
text: # Bedeque and Area
  
  Bedeque and Area (/bəˈdɛk/) is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formed through the amalgamation of the communities of Bedeque and Central Bedeque on November 17, 2014.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bedeque and Area had a population of 311 living in 123 of its 132 total private dwellings, a change of 3% from its 2016 population of 302. With a land area of 2.26 $km^2$ (0.87 sq mi), it had a population density of $137.6/km^2$ (356.4/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  