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{{Short description|A town in Canada}}
{{for|the community of the same name on the island of Newfoundland|Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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'''Charlottetown''' is a town in Labrador with a population of 292 ([[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census: Charlottetown (Labrador), Town, Newfoundland and Labrador [Census subdivision]| date=9 February 2022 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDlist=2021A00051010013 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=21 February 2022}}</ref> in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. It was said to be founded by Benjamin Powell in 1950 and named for [[Charlottetown]], [[Prince Edward Island]]: "I thought that maybe someday the place would be the capital of the bay, the same way Charlottetown is the capital of Prince Edward Island."<ref>Benjamin W. Powell, ''Labrador by Choice'', 1979 (fourth printing 1994), p. 153</ref>

Situated on the sheltered inlet [[St. Michaels Bay]] on the [[Labrador]] coast, Charlottetown was served by a coastal ferry service until the completion of the [[Trans-Labrador Highway]] in 2002 (now [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 514|Route 514]]). There is also a [[Charlottetown Airport (Labrador)|small airstrip]].<ref>[http://www.gcmap.com/airport/YHG Charlottetown Airport (YHG)]</ref>

Charlottetown provides a bridgehead and services to the remote community of [[Norman's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Norman's Bay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/norman-bay-residents-worried-theyll-lose-ferry-service-210695/|title=Norman Bay residents worried they'll lose ferry service|publisher=The Telegram|date=May 16, 2018 |accessdate=Oct 20, 2020}}</ref>

Many people have occupations related to the [[shrimp fishery]].<ref>Labrador Coastal Drive, [http://www.labradorcoastaldrive.com/home/88 Community Profile]</ref> Most of the occupations in Charlottetown consist of the Shrimp Plant (Labrador Choice Seafood Ltd.).

Charlottetown contains three restaurants: Wentzell's Takeout (often referred to as Wentzies), Seatown Cafe, and Little John's Takeout.
There is also an old fishing community near by named Square Islands. The majority of the people that live in Charlottetown used to live in Square Islands.

There are two retail stores, Labrador Retail Ltd. and Powell's store. There is an all-grade school in Charlottetown named William Gillett Academy.

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Charlottetown had a population of {{val|292|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|113|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|140|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:292-290}}|290|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|290|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|26.47|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|292|26.47|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

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[[Category:Populated coastal places in Canada]]
[[Category:Populated places in Labrador]]
[[Category:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador]]


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