Swift Current is a community and
designated place
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in the
Canadian province
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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 ...
. Swift Current is located approximately 20 km southwest of Goobies. It is a part of the
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 ...
of
Swift Current-Black River.
Swift Current is a community represented within the
Qalipu First Nation
The Qalipu First Nation (Phonetics, phon: /xa.li.bu/, alibu Mi'kmaq language, Mi'kmaq for 'caribou') is a Mi'kmaq band government based on the eastern Canadian island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland. The landless band was created by or ...
.
Geography
Swift Current is in
Newfoundland
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within
Subdivision K of
Division No. 2.
It is on Mouse Islet to the northeast of the
Burin Peninsula
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between Grand Le Pierre and
Goobies, 5 kilometres west of the Black River. The Burin Peninsula Highway (
Route 210) passes through Swift Current.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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 was a local service district (LSD)
governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.
In 2021, the chair of the LSD committee was Ward Butt.
[
Since 2024, the community is part of the newly created LSD of Swift Current-Black River.
]
See also
*Burin Peninsula
The Burin Peninsula ( ) is a peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Marystown is the largest population centre on the peninsula.Statistics Canada. 201 ...
*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 ...
References
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
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