Caplin Cove-Southport, Newfoundland And Labrador
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Caplin Cove-Southport is a
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada: * Local service district (New Brunswick) A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...
and
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 s ...
in Trinity Bay in the
Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
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 ...
. Caplin Cove-Southport is approximately 50 km from
Clarenville Clarenville is a town on the east coast of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951. It is located in the Shoal Harbour valley, fronting an arm of the Atlant ...
.


History

Caplin Cove-Southport was created as a local service district and designated place in 2004, consisting of five communities ( Butter Cove,
Caplin Cove Caplin Cove ( ) is a small community on the north shore of Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is surrounded on the north by Subdivision 1G, Newfoundland and Labrador#Low Point, Low Point near the end of the Bay de Verde Pen ...
,
Gooseberry Cove Gooseberry Cove is a settlement in the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland located on an area of land known as the Southwest Arm, which extends off the Trans Canada Highway on Route 204. It is neighbored by the communities of Butter Cove and So ...
, Little Heart's Ease and
Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...
). In 2012, the community of
Long Beach Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
was annexed by the district.


Geography

Caplin Cove-Southport is in
Newfoundland 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 population ...
within Subdivision M of Division No. 7. The community of Long Beach is west of
Hodge's Cove Hodge's Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is southeast of Clarenville. Hodge's Cove was settled in 1861 and was first referred to as Hodge's Hole. It is not known for sur ...
, while the five others are east of it. All communities are located on
Newfoundland and Labrador Route 204 Route 204, also known as Southwest Arm Road, is a east–west highway on the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It connects the communities along the southern shore of the Southwest Arm of Trinity Bay with the ...
.


Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), 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 culture. It is headquartered in ...
, Caplin Cove-Southport recorded a population of 687 living in 316 of its 406 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 786. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.


Government

Caplin Cove-Southport 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 Valerie Johnson.


See also

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Cod fisheries Cod fisheries are fisheries for cod. Cod is the common name for fish of the genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae, and this article is confined to three species that belong to this genus: the Atlantic cod, the Pacific cod and the Green ...
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Newfoundland outport An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, but the term has now been adopted for tho ...
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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 cen ...
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List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador The Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has 175 unincorporated communities that are designated as Local service district (Newfoundland and Labrador), local service districts (LSDs) for the purpose o ...
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Trinity Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador) Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bay along with Placentia Bay to the southwest define the isthmus of Avalon from which the Avalon Peninsula lies t ...


References

{{Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador, state=collapsed, LSD/DPL=yes Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador