Division No. 9, Newfoundland and Labrador

Division No. 9
Census division
Coordinates: 50°20′00″N 57°31′54″W / 50.33333°N 57.53167°W / 50.33333; -57.53167
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Area
[1]
 • Total
13,527.12 km2 (5,222.85 sq mi)
 As of 2016
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
15,607
 • Density1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi)

Census Division No. 9 is composed of the area of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador called the Northern Peninsula. It has a land area of 13,527.12 km² (5,222.85 sq mi) and had a population of 15,607 at the 2016 census.[1] The largest community is the town of St. Anthony, near its northern tip, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.

It includes most of the Great Northern Peninsula, along with Gros Morne National Park.

Historical populations
Division No. 9, NL
YearPop.±%
200120,091—    
200618,084−10.0%
201116,786−7.2%
201615,607−7.0%
202114,733−5.6%
[2][1][3][4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 9 had a population of 14,733 living in 6,640 of its 9,366 total private dwellings, a change of -5.6% from its 2016 population of 15,607. With a land area of 13,209.48 km2 (5,100.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Towns

Name 2016 Census of Population[5]
Population (2016) Population (2011) Change Land area (km²) Population density
Anchor Point 314 326 -3.7% 2.41 130.2/km2
Bellburns 53 62 -14.5% 7.39 7.2/km2
Bird Cove 179 182 -1.6% 9.39 19.1/km2
Conche 170 181 -6.1% 9.25 18.4/km2
Cook's Harbour 123 176 -30.1% 1.95 63.1/km2
Cow Head 418 475 -9.9% 17.84 24.0/km2
Daniel's Harbour 253 265 -4.5% 8.19 30.9/km2
Englee 527 583 -9.6% 28.8 18.3/km2
Flower's Cove 270 308 -12.3% 7.64 35.3/km2
Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook 224 258 -13.2% 6.57 34.1/km2
Goose Cove East 174 211 -17.5% 2.69 64.7/km2
Hawke's Bay 315 338 -6.8% 46.55 6.8/km2
Main Brook 243 265 -8.3% 28.51 8.5/km2
Norris Point 670 685 -2.2% 4.91 136.5/km2
Parson's Pond 345 383 -9.9% 12.63 27.3/km2
Port au Choix 789 839 -6.0% 35.61 22.2/km2
Port Saunders 647 697 -3.3% 38.81 17.4/km2
Raleigh 177 201 -11.9% 11.12 15.9/km2
River of Ponds 215 228 -5.7% 4.69 45.8/km2
Rocky Harbour 947 979 -3.3% 12.08 78.4/km2
Roddickton-Bide Arm 999 1057 -5.5% 47.85 20.9/km2
Sally's Cove 20 27 -25.9% 4.54 4.4/km2
St. Anthony 2258 2418 -6.6% 37.02 61.0/km2
St. Lunaire-Griquet 604 661 -8.6% 16.68 36.2/km2
St. Pauls 238 258 -7.8% 5.35 44.5/km2
Trout River 552 576 -4.2% 5.91 93.4/km2
Woody Point 282 281 +0.4% 2.91 96.9/km2


Unorganized subdivisions

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Division No. 9, Census division [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "2006 Community Profiles: Division No. 9". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Census Profile - Division No. 9, Census division". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-03.

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