Purcell's Harbour is a Local service district (Newfoundland and Labrador), local service district and designated place in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the Twillingate Islands, southern Twillingate island, about outside the town of Twillingate, near the community of Little Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Little Harbour.

History

Purcell's Harbour was considered to be settled in the late 18th century, but no separate census was kept for individual communities within the area of Twillingate. The first time it was recorded separately was in 1911 when it had a population of 77.Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume four, page 480

Geography

Purcell's Harbour is in Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland within Division No. 8, Subdivision I, Newfoundland and Labrador, Subdivision I of Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador, Division No. 8. The community has a small natural harbour which opens up into Main Tickle, which separates Twillingate Island from New World Island.

Demographics

As a designated place in the Canada 2016 Census, 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Purcell's Harbour recorded a population of 59 living in 28 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 49. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Purcell's Harbour 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 Leo Anstey.

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Demographics

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