Swift Current is a
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
and
designated place in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Newfoundland and Labrador. Swift Current is located approximately 20 km south of Goobies.
Geography
Swift Current is in
Newfoundland
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 ...
within
Subdivision K of
Division No. 2.
It is on Mouse Islet to the northeast of the
Burin Peninsula between Grand Le Pierre and
Goobies, 5 kilometres west of the Black River. The Burin Peninsula Highway (
Route 210
Route 210 or Highway 210 may refer to:
Brazil
* BR-210
Canada
* Manitoba Provincial Road 210
* Newfoundland and Labrador Route 210
* Nova Scotia Route 210
* Prince Edward Island Route 210
* Quebec Route 210
* Saskatchewan Highway 210
China
* C ...
) passes through Swift Current.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2016 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 ...
, Swift Current recorded a population of 207 living in 91 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 208. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Government
Swift Current 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 Ward Butt.
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See also
* Burin Peninsula
*List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population ce ...
* List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
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