Local service district / designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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
References
^ 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 .
^ "12-passenger ferry in La Poile has residents 'completely fed up' " . CBC News. Mar 19, 2018. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020 .
^ "Hanging on: outports on south west coast of Newfoundland still alive, despite challenges" . Saltwire News. Dec 20, 2019. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020 .
^ Blue, Martine (Jul 3, 2018). "Ferry frustration for LaPoile residents" . The Telegram. Retrieved Nov 15, 2020 .
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6172532/ [user-generated source ]
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census" . Statistics Canada. Retrieved Feb 9, 2022 .
^ "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 .
^ a b "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF) . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .
^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions" . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .
Subdivisions and statistical units Communities Cities Local service districts (LSDs) and designated places (DPLs)
Both LSDs and DPLs
Aspen Cove
Barachois Brook
Bartlett's Harbour
Bay St. George South
Beaches
Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula
Beau Bois
Bellevue
Bellevue Beach
Benoits Siding
Benton
Birchy Cove
Black Duck
Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse
Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula
Black Tickle
Blaketown
Boyd's Cove
Bridgeport
Brig Bay
Brigus South
Brown's Arm
Buchans Junction
Bunyan's Cove
Burgoyne's Cove
Burnside-St. Chads
Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South
Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay
Calvert
Campbells Creek
Canning's Cove
Cape Freels North
Cape Ray
Caplin Cove-Southport
Castor River North
Castor River South
Cavendish
Chanceport
Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay
Cobb's Arm
Cottrell's Cove
Deadman's Bay
Deep Bight
Diamond Cove
Dildo
Dunfield
Eddies Cove West
Epworth-Great Salmonier
Fairbanks-Hillgrade
Fairhaven
Flat Bay
Forest Field-New Bridge
Forresters Point
Fox Island River-Point au Mal
Fox Roost-Margaree
Francois
Freshwater, Conception Bay
Gander Bay North
Gander Bay South
Garden Cove
Georgetown
Glovers Harbour
Goobies
Grates Cove
Great Brehat
Great Codroy
Green Island Brook
Green's Harbour
Grey River
Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East
Harry's Harbour
Herring Neck
Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight
Hodge's Cove
Hopeall
Horwood
Indian Cove
Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale
Jean de Baie
La Poile
Lance Cove, Bell Island
L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon
Laurenceton
Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay
Little Rapids
Little St. Lawrence
Lodge Bay
Loon Bay
Lower Lance Cove
Main Point-Davidsville
Mainland
Makinsons
Markland
Marysvale
Mattis Point
McCallum
Merritt's Harbour
Mobile
Moreton's Harbour
Nameless Cove
New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove
New Harbour, Trinity Bay
Newman's Cove
Newville
Noggin Cove
Norman's Bay
Norris Arm North
North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay
O'Donnells
Old Shop
Open Hall-Red Cliffe
O'Regan's Central
Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove
Pensons Arm
Petit Forte
Petley
Phillips Head
Piccadilly Head
Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove
Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe
Pleasantview
Plum Point
Pollard's Point
Port Albert
Portland Creek
Purcell's Harbour
Pynns Brook
Random Island West
Random Sound West
Rattling Brook
Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle
Roaches Line
Rock Harbour
Searston
Sheaves Cove
Sheppardville
Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula
Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose
Smith's Harbour
Smith's Sound
Sop's Arm
South Dildo
South East Bight
Spanish Room
Spillars Cove
St Andrews
St. Anthony Bight
St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's
St. Judes
St Patricks
St. Teresa
Stanhope
Stoneville
Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay
Swift Current
Thornlea
Three Rock Cove
Tizzard's Harbour
Tompkins
Tors Cove
Upper Amherst Cove
Upper Ferry
Valley Pond
Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove
West Bay
Wild Cove, White Bay
William's Harbour
LSDs onlyDPLs only