Rock Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Rock Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is east of Marystown on Placentia Bay.
History
Rock Harbour had a population of 149 with 40 households in 1921[1] and 142 in 1956. The population as of the 2011 Canada census was 66.[2]
Geography
Rock Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision D of Division No. 2.[3]
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rock Harbour recorded a population of 54 living in 24 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2011 population of 66. The population is around 43 as of 2023. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.[4]
Economy
A major employer at one point was a nearby fish processing plant operated by FPI then OCI (closed as of 2011)[5] in Marystown and at the Peter Kiewit and Sons Marystown and Cow Head Facilities,[6] but most of the population rely on work elsewhere in the province and country working as skilled tradespersons.
Government
Rock Harbour is a local service district (LSD)[7] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[8] The chair of the LSD committee is Clyde Hooper.[7]
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
References
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