Fogo Island, Newfoundland
Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
History
The Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four towns – Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom and Tilting – with the unincorporated balance of the Fogo Island.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fogo Island had a population of 2,117 living in 964 of its 1,450 total private dwellings, a change of -5.7% from its 2016 population of 2,244. With a land area of 238.25 km (91.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.9/km (23.0/sq mi) in 2021.
| Name | Former status |
Population (2016) |
Population (2011) |
Per cent change (%) |
Occupied dwellings |
Private dwellings |
Land area (km²) |
Population density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fogo | Town | 658 | 658 | 0.0 | 289 | 349 | 5.92 | 111.2 |
| Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay | Town | 630 | 685 | -8.0 | 282 | 399 | 26.02 | 24.2 |
| Seldom-Little Seldom | Town | 386 | 427 | -9.6 | 151 | 180 | 14.60 | 26.4 |
| Tilting | Town | 173 | 204 | -15.2 | 84 | 152 | 17.63 | 9.8 |
| Balance of Fogo Island | Unincorporated | 397 | 421 | -5.7 | 979 | 1,460 | 173.48 | 2.3 |
| Fogo Island | 2,244 | 2,395 | -6.3 | 979 | 1,460 | 237.65 | 9.4 | |
Climate
| Climate data for Fogo Island (1981–2010, extremes 1873–2004) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.5 (4.11) |
104.2 (4.10) |
99.9 (3.93) |
86.4 (3.40) |
78.7 (3.10) |
82.3 (3.24) |
91.0 (3.58) |
102.4 (4.03) |
111.8 (4.40) |
116.9 (4.60) |
101.5 (4.00) |
107.3 (4.22) |
1,187 (46.73) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17.4 (0.69) |
21.9 (0.86) |
33.4 (1.31) |
55.0 (2.17) |
74.9 (2.95) |
80.6 (3.17) |
91.0 (3.58) |
102.4 (4.03) |
111.8 (4.40) |
114.2 (4.50) |
85.5 (3.37) |
48.9 (1.93) |
837.1 (32.96) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 87.1 (34.3) |
82.4 (32.4) |
66.5 (26.2) |
31.4 (12.4) |
3.7 (1.5) |
1.7 (0.7) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.7 (1.1) |
16.0 (6.3) |
58.4 (23.0) |
349.9 (137.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 191.3 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 13.9 | 9.2 | 141.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 0.93 | 0.15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.50 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 61.1 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Fogo Island is accessible by ferry or air. The local airstrip is the Fogo Aerodrome.
Notable people
- Zita Cobb – founder of Shorefast
- Rob Furlong - world record holder for longest recorded sniper kill March 2002 - November 2009
See also
References
- ^ "Fogo Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2011 to January 1, 2012 (Table 1 - Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. November 14, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Fogo, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Seldom-Little Seldom, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Tilting, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Fogo Island Region (Part), Region [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Fogo Island, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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- ^ "Travel to Fogo Island". Town of Fogo Island. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
