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{{Short description|Local service district and designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
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'''Deep Bight''' is a [[Local service district (Newfoundland and Labrador)|local service district]] and [[designated place]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. It is south of [[Clarenville]]. It became a post office on April 1, 1949, and was still active by 1966.

== Geography ==
Deep Bight is in [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] within [[Division No. 7, Subdivision M, Newfoundland and Labrador|Subdivision M]] of [[Division No. 7, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 7]].<ref name=2016census2>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=311&SR=1&S=87&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=10 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 7, 2018 | access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As a designated place in the [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Deep Bight recorded a population of 186 living in 89 of its 101 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:186-176}}|176|1}} from its 2011 population of 176. With a land area of {{convert|15.35|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|186|15.35|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&PR=10 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 7, 2018 | access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref>

== Government ==
Deep Bight is a local service district (LSD)<ref name=LSD>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/mpa/files/Copy-of-Local_Service_District_Directory-October-2021.pdf | title=Directory of Local Service Districts | publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | date=October 2021 | accessdate=January 1, 2022}}</ref> that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.<ref name=LSDfaqs>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/mpa/faq/faq-lsd/ | title=Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions | publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | accessdate=January 1, 2022}}</ref> The chair of the LSD committee is Darrell Payne.<ref name=LSD/>

== See also ==
*[[List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador]]

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[[Category:Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
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