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Rock Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is east of Marystown on Placentia Bay.

Rock Harbour
Local service district / designated place
Rock Harbour
Coordinates: 47°11′N 55°03′W
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Population
  Total61

History


Rock Harbour had a population of 149 with 40 households in 1921[1] and 142 in 1956. The population as of the 2011 Canada census was 66.[2]


Geography


Rock Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision D of Division No. 2.[3]


Demographics


As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rock Harbour recorded a population of 54 living in 24 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of -18.2% from its 2011 population of 66. With a land area of 7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km2 (19.0/sq mi) in 2016.[4]


Economy


A major employer at one point was a nearby fish processing plant operated by FPI then OCI (closed as of 2011)[5] in Marystown and at the Peter Kiewit and Sons Marystown and Cow Head Facilities,[6] but most of the population rely on work elsewhere in the province and country working as skilled tradespersons.


Government


Rock Harbour is a local service district (LSD)[7] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[8] The chair of the LSD committee is Clyde Hooper.[7]


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