La Poile is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on La Poile Bay. The community is inaccessible by road and is served by a ferry via a port in Rose Blanche.

The town mainly works in lobster fishing. As of the 2021 census, the population is 61 people. The community has a school offering grades K-9 and a small store. There is an Anglican church which offers services once a month. Health care is limited to a first responder and a visiting doctor who comes once a month, weather permitting.

The town was the subject of an episode of Viceland's Abandoned. There is only one student in the local school. The last town-wide vote in 2017 did not have enough support for the residents to accept provincial money to leave the settlement under the resettlement program.

Geography

La Poile is in Newfoundland within Subdivision I of Division No. 3.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Poile recorded a population of 61 living in 33 of its 47 total private dwellings, a change of -29.9% from its 2016 population of 87. With a land area of 1.46 km (0.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.6/km (154.3/sq mi) in 2016.

Government

La Poile is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Monford Organ.

See also

• List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland outport