Crow Head is a small town located on the
north island of Twillingate in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is home to the
Long Point Lighthouse
Long Point Lighthouse is an active Canadian lighthouse located outside Crow Head on North Twillingate Island off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. The lighthouse, completed in 1876, attracts thousands of tourists each year and is historic ...
and Twillingate Dinner Theatre. Its only land border is with the Town of
Twillingate
Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north of ...
, to the southeast.
As of 2021, there were 156 residents, down from 203 in 2011.
Its mayor, John Hamlyn, has been serving since 1963 and is the longest-serving mayor in Canada.
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, Crow Head 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
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Little Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Little Harbour is a drive-through community of 13 families on South Twillingate island, off the north shore of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. It is located approximately 3 km south of Twillingate on Route 340. Little Harbour is known ...
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Purcell's Harbour
Purcell's Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the southern Twillingate island, about outside the town of Twillingate, near the community of Little Harbour.
H ...
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Durrell, Newfoundland and Labrador
Durrell is a community on the southern island of Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The village is located off Route 340, named Durrell Street. It is a part of the Town of Twillingate.
A popular tourist destination in Durrell is the ...
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Back Harbour Back Harbour is a Canadian community located on the northern island of Twillingate in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is part of the Town of Twillingate.
It was a farming and fishing village that had two stores and two schoolhouses i ...
References
External links
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Crow Head - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1, p. 564.
Populated coastal places in Canada
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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