Come By Chance is a
town on the isthmus of the
Avalon Peninsula
The Avalon Peninsula (french: Péninsule d'Avalon) is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. It is in size.
The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of Newfoundland's population, according ...
in
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in
Division 1 on
Placentia Bay.
Located in this town is Newfoundland's only oil refinery, the
Come By Chance Refinery operated by
North Atlantic Refining Company, which has a capacity of . The associated port was Canada's fifth largest port by cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded in 2011. It handled 27.4 million metric tonnes, of which 23.7 million tonnes was crude petroleum.
History
The town's name is believed to be the result of explorers coming upon a
Beothuk path by chance, and naming the location after the unexpected discovery.
Come By Chance was chosen as the location for a Canadian
cottage hospital in 1936.''
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In February 2018, a group of oil refinery workers split a Canadian lottery winning of $60,000,000.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the 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%, which is sli ...
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 ...
, Come By Chance 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.
Notable people
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Bob Gladney,
National Hockey League player
See also
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List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
External links
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Populated coastal places in Canada
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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