The

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

of Buckmaster's Circle is located in central area of St. John's,

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...

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. Buckmaster's Circle is one of the oldest

public housing Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

communities in the province, having been built in the mid-1960s by

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. The property was administered by the St. John's Authority until the early 1970s when Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation assumed responsibility for the Housing Authority's portfolio. The community consists of 120 dwellings which are home to close to 600 people. Buckmaster's Circle Community Centre opened in 1993 with a mandate to provide social, educational, recreational, health and employment programs. In addition to providing a place for the local tenant association to meet and to offer various support programs, the facility is also the home to a branch of the St. John's Boys & Girls Club. The neighbourhood has benefited from recent investments. In 2007, partly in reaction to a graffiti problem, the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation funded the exterior painting of all homes. In 2008, construction began on Buckmaster’s Rotary Park, funded by donations from the Rotary Club of St. John's Northwest and the municipal, provincial and federal governments.

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Notes {{St. John's landmarks, state=collapsed Neighbourhoods in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Public housing in Canada

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