Census Division No. 9 is composed of the area of the province of
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 Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
called the Northern Peninsula. It has a land area of 13,527.12 km² (5,222.85 sq mi) and had a population of 15,607 at the
2016 census.
The largest community is the town of
St. Anthony, near its northern tip, on the
Atlantic Ocean
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coast.
It includes most of the
Great Northern Peninsula
The Great Northern Peninsula ( Inuttitut: ''Ikkarumiklua'') is the largest and longest peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, approximately 270 km long and 90 km wide at its widest point and encompassing an area of 17,483 km2. It is def ...
, along with
Gros Morne National Park.
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, Division No. 9 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.
Towns
Unorganized subdivisions
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Subdivision A (Includes: Wiltondale, Lomond, Green Point)
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Subdivision C (Includes: Plum Point, St. Barbe, Savage Cove)
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Subdivision D (Includes: Ship Cove, Straitsview, Great Brehat)
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Subdivision F (Includes: Croque, Williamsport, Grandois)
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Subdivision G (Includes: Eddies Cove West, Barr'd Harbour)
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Subdivision H (Includes: Three Mile Rock, Portland Creek, Shallow Bay)
References
Sources
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