La Poile

La Poile
Local service district / designated place
La Poile as it appeared in 1971
La Poile Location of La Poile in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°41′06″N58°23′42″W / 47.685°N 58.395°W / 47.685; -58.395
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Population  (2021)
• Total	61
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Ferry to Rose Blanche

La Poile is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on La Poile Bay. The community is inaccessible by road and is served by a ferry via a port in Rose Blanche. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The town mainly works in lobster fishing. As of the 2021 census, the population is 61 people. The community has a school offering grades K-9 and a small store. There is an Anglican church which offers services once a month. Health care is limited to a first responder and a visiting doctor who comes once a month, weather permitting.

The town was the subject of an episode of Viceland's Abandoned. ^[5] There is only one student in the local school.^{[ citation needed ]} The last town-wide vote in 2017 did not have enough support for the residents to accept provincial money to leave the settlement under the resettlement program. ^[6]

Geography

La Poile is in Newfoundland within Subdivision I of Division No. 3. ^[7]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Poile recorded a population of 61 living in 33 of its 47 total private dwellings, a change of -29.9% from its 2016 population of 87. ^[8] With a land area of 1.46 km² (0.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.6/km² (154.3/sq mi) in 2016. ^[9]

Government

La Poile is a local service district (LSD) ^[10] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. ^[11] The chair of the LSD committee is Monford Organ. ^[10]

See also

• List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland outport

References

1. Roy, Rosalyn (Mar 6, 2019). "MV Challenge One to service La Poile – Rose Blanche ferry route for next two years". The Telegram. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020.
2. "12-passenger ferry in La Poile has residents 'completely fed up'". CBC News. Mar 19, 2018. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020.
3. "Hanging on: outports on south west coast of Newfoundland still alive, despite challenges". Saltwire News. Dec 20, 2019. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020.
4. Blue, Martine (Jul 3, 2018). "Ferry frustration for LaPoile residents". The Telegram. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020.
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6172532/ ^{[ user-generated source ]}
6. "Your request for access to information under Part II of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 [Our File #: MAPA/070/2021]". Atipp-search.gov.nl.ca. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
7. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
8. "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved Feb 9, 2022.
9. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
10. "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
11. "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.