Black Tickle (

Inuttitut Inuttitut, Inuttut, or Nunatsiavummiutitut is a dialect of Inuktitut. It is spoken across northern Labrador by Inuit, whose traditional lands are known as Nunatsiavut. The language has a distinct writing system, created in Greenland in the 1760s ...

: ''Kikkertet'') is a " remote Aboriginal

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...

" and

designated place A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the sta ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

on the

Island of Ponds Island of Ponds is an island off of the east coast of Labrador. The Labrador mainland lies to its south and a channel called Domino Run separates it from Spotted Island to the north. The only remaining settlement on the island is Black Tickle. It ...

. In the 2021 census Black Tickle had a population of 87. Locations in

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

south of Black Tickle generally observe

Newfoundland Time The Newfoundland Time Zone (NT) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting 3.5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC) during standard time, resulting in UTC−03:30; or subtracting 2.5 hours during daylight saving time. The clock ...

instead of

Atlantic Standard Time The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00. AST is observed in parts of North America ...

, which is observed by the rest of the province's continental communities. Black Tickle is served by

Black Tickle Airport Black Tickle Airport is northwest of Black Tickle, Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ca ...

, a gravel strip airport (CCE4). The Goose Bay - Cartwright - Black Tickle ferry service, MV ''Kamutik W.'', runs from June to November.

History

In 2012, the local fish plant closed. In 2016, it was announced that Black Tickle would no longer be covered by a full-time nurse and could lose its fuel source during winter months. Beginning in 2015, it has been in the news for its large presence of

polar bear The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear specie ...

Geography

Black Tickle-Domino is located on the Northwestern head of the

off the coast of Southwestern

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

within Subdivision B of Division No. 10.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, Black Tickle-Domino recorded a population of 150 living in 50 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 168. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Black Tickle-Domino 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 Joseph Keefe.

References

Inuit in Newfoundland and Labrador Populated places in Labrador Road-inaccessible communities of Newfoundland and Labrador {{Labrador-geo-stub