Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove is a town in the
Canadian province
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of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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, located in the Trinity-Conception Bay District north of
Carbonear
Carbonear is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It overlooks the west side of Conception Bay and had a history long tied to fishing and shipbuilding. Since the late 20th century, its economy has changed to empha ...
.
The town was incorporated in 1968 by amalgamating the independent fishing villages of Small Point, Adam's Cove, Blackhead and Broad Cove. The neighbouring community of
Kingston
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was originally part of the amalgamation, but withdrew in 1976.
The town had a population of 414 in the
Canada 2021 Census
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
.
On May 8, 2025, Adam's Cove experienced a severe
wildfire
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with up to 600 hectares of land being destroyed and 40 structures of residents from Adam’s Cove to Western Bay also destroyed.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the ninth-most populous province in Canada, with 510,550 residents recorded in the 2021 Canadian Census, and is the seventh-largest in land area, with . Newfoundland and Labrador has 278 municipalities, including 3 ...
References
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Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
1968 establishments in Canada