Division No. 5, Newfoundland and Labrador
census division in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Census Division No. 5 is a Statistics Canada statistical division composed of the areas of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador called Humber Valley, Bay of Islands, and White Bay. It covers a land area of 10,365.63 km² (4,002.19 sq mi), and had a population of 42,014 according to the 2016 census.
Cities
Corner Brook
Towns
Cormack
Cox's Cove
Deer Lake
Gillams
Hampden
Howley
Hughes Brook
Humber Arm South
Irishtown-Summerside
Jackson's Arm
Lark Harbour
Massey Drive
McIvers
Meadows
Mount Moriah
Pasadena
Reidville
Steady Brook
York Harbour
Unorganized subdivisions
Subdivision A (Includes: St. Jude's, and Hinds Lake)
Subdivision C (Includes: Spruce Brook, George's Lake, Pinchgut Lake)
Subdivision D (Includes: North Arm, Middle Arm, Goose Arm, Serpentine Lake)
Subdivision E (Includes: Galeville, The Beaches)
Subdivision F (Includes: Pynn's Brook, Little Rapids, Humber Valley Resort)
Subdivision G (Includes: Pollards Point, Sops Arm)
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 5 had a population of 40,396 living in 17,967 of its 20,875 total private dwellings, a change of −3.9% from its 2016 population of 42,014. With a land area of 10,293.76 km2 (3,974.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.9/km2 (10.2/sq mi) in 2021.
References
Sources
"Division No. 5, Newfoundland and Labrador (Code 1005) Census Profile". 2011 census.
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