Aquaforte is a town on the south shore of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Aquaforte | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Aquaforte Location of Aquaforte in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 47°00′22″N 52°57′34″W / 47.00611°N 52.95944°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Incorporated | 1972 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Deborah Windsor |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 74 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 10 |
The town's economy has always rested primarily on fishing. The harbour has been used as a seasonal fishing station since the 1670s. British and French hostilities played out in harbors all along the Avalon Peninsula in the 18th century, and Aquaforte was no exception. However, the first permanent residents did not settle in Aquaforte until the early 1800s.[2] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) from Ferryland and 40 miles (64 km) from St. John's by water. It has one of the safest harbors in the island and cod was its main industry. In 1902 a resident from Norway, Anders Ellefsen, constructed a factory to process whales in the community. The plant operated for a few years but had to shut down around 1908 because of a decline in the whale population.[2] It was incorporated as a community in 1972.[3]
The Aquaforte post office's postal code, A0A 1A0, is the lowest (alphabetically and numerically first) of any central office in Canada.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aquaforte had a population of 74 living in 43 of its 63 total private dwellings, a change of -7.5% from its 2016 population of 80. With a land area of 6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.8/km2 (27.9/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| Census | Population |
|---|---|
| 1836 | 125[2] |
| 1869 | 213[2] |
| 1891 | 172[2] |
| 1921 | 233[4] |
| 1996 | 172[5] |
| 2001 | 133[5] |
| 2006 | 103[6] |
| 2011 | 83[7] |
| 2016 | 80[8] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Smallwood, Joseph R. (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador (1. ed., 3. print. ed.). St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.
- ^ "Irish Loop Community Profile" (PDF). Municipalities NL. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Newfoundland 1921 Census - Aquaforte". Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ a b "2001 Community Profile - Aquaforte". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles - Aquaforte". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Census Profile - Aquaforte". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Aquaforte, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 20, 2019.