Division No. 1, Subdivision W, Newfoundland And Labrador
The area has the largest population of the province, totaling 270,348 – 52% of the provincial total – in 2016. The total land area is 9,220.61 square kilometres. The coast of the Avalon Peninsula is characterized by four main bays and a number of smaller bays. The four main bays are; Trinity Bay, Conception Bay, St. Mary's Bay and Placentia Bay. The largest bay is Placentia Bay.
The capital St. John's, of the province is located in this division along with the second largest of the three cities of the province, Mount Pearl. The majority of the towns and villages are located along the coast in much of the four main bays as mentioned.
Incorporated Communities
Cities
Towns
- Admirals Beach
- Aquaforte
- Arnold's Cove
- Avondale
- Bauline
- Bay Bulls
- Bay Roberts
- Bay de Verde
- Bishop's Cove
- Branch
- Brigus
- Bryant's Cove
- Cape Broyle
- Carbonear
- Chance Cove
- Chapel Arm
- Clarke's Beach
- Colinet
- Colliers
- Come By Chance
- Conception Bay South
- Conception Harbour
- Cupids
- Fermeuse
- Ferryland
- Flatrock
- Fox Harbour
- Gaskiers
- Hant's Harbour
- Harbour Grace
- Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview
- Heart's Content
- Heart's Delight-Islington
- Heart's Desire
- Holyrood
- Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove
- Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights
- Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherines
- New Perlican
- Norman's Cove-Long Cove
- North River
- Old Perlican
- Paradise
- Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove
- Placentia
- Point Lance
- Port Kirwan
- Portugal Cove South
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
- Pouch Cove
- Renews-Cappahayden
- Riverhead
- Salmon Cove
- Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove
- South River
- Southern Harbour
- Spaniard's Bay
- St. Bride's
- St. Joseph's
- St. Mary's
- St. Shott's
- St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River
- Sunnyside
- Torbay
- Trepassey
- Upper Island Cove
- Victoria
- Wabana
- Whitbourne
- Whiteway
- Winterton
- Witless Bay
Unorganized subdivisions
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
2006 | 248,418 | — |
2011 | 262,410 | +5.6% |
2016 | 270,348 | +3.0% |
2021 | 271,878 | +0.6% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 1 had a population of 271,878 living in 117,178 of its 135,137 total private dwellings, a change of 0.6% from its 2016 population of 270,348. With a land area of 9,104.58 km (3,515.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.9/km (77.3/sq mi) in 2021.
Ethnic Origin | Percentage of Population |
---|---|
Canadian | 51.8% |
English | 38.0% |
Irish | 28.4% |
Scottish | 7.6% |
French | 4.2% |
First Nations (North American Indian) | 3.5% |
German | 2.1% |
British Isles origins, not included elsewhere | 1.5% |
Welsh | 1.2% |
Newfoundlander | 1.0% |
Métis | 0.8% |
See also
References
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Division No. 1, Census division [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "2011 Census Profile - Division No. 1, Census division". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
External links
- "Division No. 1, Newfoundland and Labrador (Code 1001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.