Goobies is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Goobies
Local service district / designated place
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Coordinates: 47.939°N 53.981°W / 47.939; -53.981
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Region	Newfoundland
Census division	1, 2, and 7
Census subdivision	A, K, and M
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area [1]
• Land	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	142
Time zone	UTC−03:30 (NST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−02:30 (NDT)
Area code(s)	709

Geography

Goobies is in Newfoundland and straddles the boundary between three census subdivisions:[2]

• Subdivision A of Division No. 1;
• Subdivision K of Division No. 2; and
• Subdivision M of Division No. 7.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Goobies recorded a population of 142 living in 70 of its 167 total private dwellings, a change of 2.2% from its 2011 population of 139. With a land area of 12.95 km² (5.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 11.0/km² (28.4/sq mi) in 2016.[1]

Government

Goobies is a local service district (LSD)[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Bill Goobie.[3]

See also

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

References