Terra Nova is a
town
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located southwest of
Glovertown
Glovertown is a town in northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Alexander Bay.
History
Originally, Glovertown was called Bloody Bay. That name dated back to the 18th century and supposedly it ref ...
on the island of
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 ...
. It was served by the
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
in the 1950s. The population in 2006 was 68, this from a historic low of just 28 in 1996. By 2016, the population had risen to 73, down slightly from the total of 83 recorded in 2011. There is a sizable leisure and summer population here seasonally as well as the stable permanent population.
Terra Nova is accessible from
Route 1
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(
Trans-Canada Highway
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) via
Route 301 (Terra Nova Road).
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Terra Nova had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the Population of Canada by province and territory, ninth-most populous provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada, with 510,550 residents recorded in the 2021 Canadian Census, and is the List of Canadian ...
References
Populated coastal places in Canada
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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