Goulds is a

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 ...

in the Canadian 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 ...

. It is a rural neighbourhood within the City of St. John's southeast of the city centre.

History

Goulds was an incorporated community up until 1991, at which time it was amalgamated with

Wedgewood Park Wedgewood Park is a neighbourhood in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, located north of the city centre. A former town, Wedgewood Park was amalgamated into the city along with other areas, most notably the town Goulds, in 1991. Wedgewood ...

and Kilbride into the City of St. John's.

Geography

Goulds is in the City of St. John's on the island of Newfoundland within Division No. 1.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Goulds recorded a population of 4418 living in 1676 of its 1724 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 4525. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Arts and culture

The Goulds is known for having had two residents appear as contestants '' Canada's Worst Driver'': Jillian Kieley (née Matthews) (in Season 11), and Ashley Dunne (in Season 13).

Transportation

Some of the highways going through the Goulds include: *Main Road (Route 10); link to Kilbride and into downtown St. John's *Petty Harbour Road (Route 11); link to Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Cape Spear, and also into downtown St. John's *Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive (Route 3); currently links to Mount Pearl (at Route 2, Pitts Memorial Drive) and will eventually link with new route known as Bifurcation Road In addition, the Goulds is served by the Metrobus

public transportation Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

system, with service connecting with the neighbourhood of Kilbride and The Village Shopping Centre.

Education

The community has three schools: Goulds Elementary for grades K-5, St. Kevin's Junior High School for grades 6–8, and St. Kevin's High School for grades 9-12.

Notable people

Jillian Keiley Jillian Keiley is a director from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, who was the founding artistic director of ''Artistic Fraud'' ''of Newfoundland''. Since August 2012, Keiley has been the artistic direc ...

, director

References

Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Neighbourhoods in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub