Humber Arm South

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Town of Humber Arm South
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Humber Arm South
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Coordinates: 49°00′56″N58°10′04″W / 49.01556°N 58.16778°W / 49.01556; -58.16778
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
  TypeTown Council
   Mayor Erica Humber-Shears
   MHA Eddie Joyce (IND)
   MP Gudie Hutchings (LIB)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total1,537
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709
Highways NL Route 450.svg Route 450

Humber Arm South is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town consists of the communities of Halfway Point, Benoit's Cove, John's Beach, and Frenchman's Cove. The town had a population of 1,537 in the Canada 2021 Census. [1] The Town's Post Office is located in Benoit's Cove. Humber Arm South is located in the Bay of Islands and is in the Humber-Bay of Islands electoral district. The town's residents are of Mi'kmaw, Innu, and European descent.

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History

The Town of Humber Arm South consists of the descendants of the Mi'kmaw people from the area, the descendants of the immigrants from England who settled here in the early 1800s, and the people who resettled from Wood's Island. [2] [3] [4] Some of those communities still exist within the incorporated municipality, which includes:

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Humber Arm South had a population of 1,537 living in 688 of its 748 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. Mills, Don (October 8, 1971). Wood's Island, Newfoundland. St. John's, Nfld: High Country Research and Development (Firm); Newfoundland. Department of Economic Development.
  3. Parsons, William (Winter 1973). History of Woods Island in Bay of Islands. St. John's, Nfld: Maritime History Archive. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. Baehre, Rainer (1 September 2015). "Reconstructing Heritage and Cultural Identity in Marginalised and Hinterland Communities: Case Studies from Western Newfoundland". London Journal of Canadian Studies. doi: 10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2015v30.003 . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Humber Arm South, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 16, 2019.

Coordinates: 49°00′56″N58°10′04″W / 49.01556°N 58.16778°W / 49.01556; -58.16778