Hermitage-Sandyville is a small town on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 404 people in the 2021 Census. The main source of income for the community is provided by the Aquaculture industry, the local salmon plant[1] and fishing.

Hermitage-Sandyville
Town
Hermitage-Sandyville Location of Hermitage-Sandyville in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°33′N 55°56′W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
• Mayor	Steven Crewe
Population  (2021)
• Total	404
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code(s)	709
Highways	Route 364
Website	http://www.hermitage-sandyville.ca/

The school in Hermitage is John Watkins Academy, where students of both Hermitage-Sandyville and Seal Cove attend.[2] The school mascot is the JWA Rebels. Students in this school (currently 40 students) range from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Hermitage is the location of the ferry port for servicing the isolated outports of Gaultois and McCallum.[3][4][5]

Name

Channel Island settlers noted the resemblance of an offshore island to Hermitage Rock, a tidal island off the coast of Saint Helier, Jersey. This rock was the supposed location of Saint Helier's hermitage. Both the town and the bay are named after that rock.[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hermitage-Sandyville had a population of 404 living in 189 of its 219 total private dwellings, a change of -4.3% from its 2016 population of 422. With a land area of 29.14 km² (11.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 13.9/km² (35.9/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

Past Mayors

• Douglas Rose 1997-2013
• Guy Herritt 1994-1997
• Abraham Jensen 1990-1994
• George Fiander 1989-1990
• Wilfred O Roberts 1988-1989
• Calvin Crewe 1983-1988
• Augustus Jones 1976-1982
• Everett Rose 1962-1975

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