Lance Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador is a
local service district and
designated place
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
.
Lance Cove is a village on
Bell Island that is located south of
Wabana and east of
Bickfordville
Bickfordville is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The community is located in the south of Bell Island in Newfoundland's eastern Conception Bay.
History
The place owes its name to the fact that a large part of t ...
. The Way Office was established in 1888 and the first Way Master was William Clements.
Geography
Lance Cove, Bell Island is in
Newfoundland within
Subdivision R of
Division No. 1.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2021 Census of Population 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 ...
, Lance Cove, Bell Island recorded a population of 264
[Statistics Canada. 2022. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released February 9, 2022. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed April 20, 2022)] living in 144 of its 193 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 322.
Government
Lance Cove, Bell Island is a local service district (LSD)
that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.
The chair of the LSD committee is Sharon Hammond.
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See also
* Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Bell Island is an island that is part of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost province. With an area of 34 km2, it is by far the largest island in Conception Bay, a large bay in the southeast of the island of Newfoundland. The p ...
* List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
* List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has 175 unincorporated communities that are designated as local service districts (LSDs) for the purpose of providing water, sewer, fire, garbage, street lighting, animal control, and/or road ma ...
* Newfoundland outport
An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador other than the chief port of St. John's. Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, ...
* Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador
Wabana is a Canadian town and the largest, and only incorporated, community on Bell Island in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geography
The town is situated on the northeast end of the island and was incorporated in 1950. Bell Islan ...
References
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
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