Pensons Arm (also known as Pinsent's Arm) is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Pensons Arm, is a coastal village in Labrador, 20 km southeast of Charlottetown. It has a population of 43 in the 2021 census.[1]

Pensons Arm
Local service district / designated place
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Coordinates: 52.686°N 55.892°W / 52.686; -55.892
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Region	Labrador
Census division	10
Census subdivision	B
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area
• Land	3.23 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	43
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−03:00 (ADT)
Area code(s)	709
Highways	Route 514

Geography

Pensons Arm is in Labrador within Subdivision B of Division No. 10.[2] Topographically it is surrounded by St. Michaels Bay, an inlet of the Labrador Sea to the north and Scrammy Bay to the east.[3]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pensons Arm recorded a population of 61 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of 15.1% from its 2011 population of 53. With a land area of 3.23 km² (1.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.9/km² (48.9/sq mi) in 2016.[4]

Government

Pensons Arm is a local service district (LSD)[5] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[6] The chair of the LSD committee is Harrison Campbell.[5]

See also

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

References