List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador

Map of Canada with Newfoundland and Labrador highlighted in red
Location of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada
Map showing locations of all of Newfoundland and Labrador's municipalities
Distribution of Newfoundland and Labrador's 271 municipalities by municipal status type

Newfoundland and Labrador is the ninth-most populous province in Canada with 514,536 residents as of 2011 and is the seventh-largest in land area at approximately 370,510 km2 (143,050 sq mi).[1] Newfoundland and Labrador has 271 municipalities including 3 cities and 268 towns, which cover only 2.2% of the territory's land mass but are home to 88.9% of its population.[2]

Towns are created by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in accordance with the Municipalities Act, 1999, whereas the three cities were incorporated under the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act and the City of St. John's Act.[3] These acts grant the power to enact local bylaws and the responsibility to provide local government services.[3] St. John's is Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest municipality by population with 106,172 residents and land area with 446.06 km2 (172.22 sq mi).[4] Tilt Cove is its smallest municipality by population with five residents, and Brent's Cove is the smallest municipality by land area with 1.02 km2 (0.39 sq mi).[4]

Cities

Newfoundland and Labrador had three cities as of the Canada 2011 Census.[2] St. John's is the provincial capital and largest city by population with 106,172 residents.[4] The City of Corner Brook is the largest community on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. The three cities are governed under their own provincial legislation – the City of St. John's Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act, and the City of Corner Brook Act – which give them the power to enact local bylaws and the responsibility to provide local government services.[5][6][7]

Towns

Newfoundland and Labrador has 268 towns. Newfoundland and Labrador's largest town by population is Conception Bay South with 24,848 residents and the largest by land area is Baie Verte at 371.09 km2 (143.28 sq mi). Tilt Cove is its smallest town by population with five residents, and Brent's Cove is the smallest town by land area with 1.02 km2 (0.39 sq mi).[4] Towns are incorporated under the Municipalities Act, 1999 which grants towns the responsibility to provide in whole or in part local government services and a town council.[3]

List of municipalities

Skyline of St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest city
Corner Brook from above
Skyline of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador's largest municipality on the west coast
Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador
Skyline of Paradise, a suburb of St. John's
Status[8] Population
(2011)[4] 		Population
(2006)[4] 		Change
(%)[4] 		Land area
(km²)[4] 		Population density
(per km²)[4]
Corner Brook City 19,886 20,083 −1.0 148.26 134.1
Mount Pearl City 24,284 24,671 −1.6 15.75 1,541.8
St. John's City 106,172 100,646 5.5 446.06 238.0
Total cities — 150,342 145,400 3.4 610.07 246.4
Total towns — 307,149 299,671 2.5 7,499.11 41.0
Total municipalities — 457,491 445,071 2.8 8,109.18 56.4

Former towns

Name Current status Population
(2011)[4]		 Population
(2006)[4]		 Change
(%)[4]		 Land area
(km²)[4]		 Population density
(per km²)[4]
Fogo Dissolved (amalgamated to form the Town of Fogo Island)[9] 658 748 −12.0 5.92 111.2
Hopedale Inuit community government 556 530 4.9 3.36 165.7
Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay Dissolved (amalgamated to form the Town of Fogo Island)[9] 685 778 −12.0 26.02 26.3
Makkovik Inuit community government 361 362 −0.3 1.97 182.9
Nain Inuit community government 1,188 1,034 14.9 94.58 12.6
Postville Inuit community government 206 219 −5.9 1.96 105.3
Rigolet Inuit community government 306 269 13.8 3.61 84.7
Seldom-Little Seldom Dissolved (amalgamated to form the Town of Fogo Island)[9] 427 444 −3.8 14.6 29.3
Tilting Dissolved (amalgamated to form the Town of Fogo Island)[9] 204 248 −17.7 17.63 11.6

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses – Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  3. 1 2 3 "Municipalities Act, 1999". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. April 7, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "City of St. John's Act". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  6. ↑ "City of Mount Pearl Act". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  7. ↑ "City of Corner Brook Act". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  8. ↑ "List of municipalities - Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. September 6, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4
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