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List of unincorporated communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ3252517 ↗
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This article lists unincorporated communities of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Incorporated towns and cities are incorporated municipalities and can be found on List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfoundland and Labrador at Confederation in 1949 had nearly 1,450 communities. Today it has fewer than 700. A listing of abandoned communities is found at the List of ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador.

See also

List of cities in Canada

List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador

List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador

List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador

List of population centres in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland outport

References

Newfoundland's Namescape Unpublished manuscript, Floreen Carter, Phelps Publishing, London Ont. Original manuscript now located at Memorial University Archives 2008 and 2014.

External links

Community Finder

Community Files in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies

Places in NL

Explore NL

NL Museum

NL Geography and Picture collection

Stats Canada

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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