Swift Current is a community and
designated place in the
Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador . Swift Current is located approximately 20 km southwest of Goobies. It is a part of the
local service district of
Swift Current-Black River .
Geography
Swift Current is in Newfoundland within Subdivision K of Division No. 2 . It is on Mouse Islet to the northeast of the Burin Peninsula between Grand Le Pierre and Goobies , 5 kilometres west of the Black River. The Burin Peninsula Highway (Route 210 ) passes through Swift Current.
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Swift Current recorded a population of 207 living in 91 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of
Government
Swift Current was a local service district (LSD) governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. In 2021, the chair of the LSD committee is Ward Butt.
Since 2024, the community is part of the newly created LSD of Swift Current-Black River.
See also
References
^ Google (September 3, 2017). "Route 210 intersection at Route 1" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved September 3, 2017 .^ Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, "Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 11/24: Local Service District of Swift Current-Black River; under the Municipalities Act, 1999 ", 2024.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)" . Statistics Canada . February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021 .^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)" . Statistics Canada . February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021 .^ "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF) . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions" . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .
Towns Unorganized Designated
Subdivisions and Communities Cities Local service (LSDs)designated (DPLs)
Both LSDs DPLs
Aspen Cove Barachois Brook Bartlett's Harbour Bay St. George South Beaches Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula Beau Bois Bellevue Bellevue Beach Benoits Siding Benton Birchy Cove Black Duck Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula Black Tickle Blaketown Boyd's Cove Bridgeport Brig Bay Brigus South Brown's Arm Buchans Junction Bunyan's Cove Burgoyne's Cove Burnside-St. Chads Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay Calvert Campbells Creek Canning's Cove Cape Freels North Cape Ray Caplin Cove-Southport Castor River North Castor River South Cavendish Chanceport Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay Cobb's Arm Cottrell's Cove Deadman's Bay Deep Bight Diamond Cove Dildo Dunfield Eddies Cove West Epworth-Great Salmonier Fairbanks-Hillgrade Fairhaven Flat Bay Forest Field-New Bridge Forresters Point Fox Island River-Point au Mal Fox Roost-Margaree Francois Freshwater, Conception Bay Gander Bay North Gander Bay South Garden Cove Georgetown Glovers Harbour Goobies Grates Cove Great Brehat Great Codroy Green Island Brook Green's Harbour Grey River Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East Harry's Harbour Herring Neck Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight Hodge's Cove Hopeall Horwood Indian Cove Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale Jean de Baie La Poile Lance Cove, Bell Island L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon Laurenceton Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay Little Rapids Little St. Lawrence Lodge Bay Loon Bay Lower Lance Cove Main Point-Davidsville Mainland Makinsons Markland Marysvale Mattis Point McCallum Merritt's Harbour Mobile Moreton's Harbour Nameless Cove New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove New Harbour, Trinity Bay Newman's Cove Newville Noggin Cove Norman's Bay Norris Arm North North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay O'Donnells Old Shop Open Hall-Red Cliffe O'Regan's Central Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove Pensons Arm Petit Forte Petley Phillips Head Piccadilly Head Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe Pleasantview Plum Point Pollard's Point Port Albert Portland Creek Purcell's Harbour Pynns Brook Random Island West Random Sound West Rattling Brook Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle Roaches Line Rock Harbour Searston Sheaves Cove Sheppardville Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose Smith's Harbour Smith's Sound Sop's Arm South Dildo South East Bight Spanish Room Spillars Cove St Andrews St. Anthony Bight St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's St. Judes St Patricks St. Teresa Stanhope Stoneville Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay Swift Current Thornlea Three Rock Cove Tizzard's Harbour Tompkins Tors Cove Upper Amherst Cove Upper Ferry Valley Pond Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove West Bay Wild Cove, White Bay William's Harbour LSDs onlyDPLs only
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