Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador

Division No. 8
Census division
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Coordinates: 48°25′12″N 53°52′48″W / 48.42000°N 53.88000°W / 48.42000; -53.88000
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Area
[1]
 • Total
9,314.57 km2 (3,596.38 sq mi)
 As of 2016
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
35,794
 • Density3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi)

Division No. 8 is a census division on the north coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has a land area of 9,314.57 km² (3,596.4 sq mi) and had a population of 33,940 at the 2016 census.[2] Its largest communities are the towns of Lewisporte, Springdale, and Twillingate.

Towns

Demographics

Historical populations
Division No. 8, NL
YearPop.±%
200638,937—    
201137,121−4.7%
201635,794−3.6%
202133,940−5.2%
[1][3]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 8 had a population of 33,940 living in 15,385 of its 21,721 total private dwellings, a change of -5.2% from its 2016 population of 35,794. With a land area of 9,234.94 km2 (3,565.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.7/km2 (9.5/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

Unorganized subdivisions

References

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Division No. 8, Census division [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "2011 Census Profile - Division No. 8, Census division". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2012.

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