St. Bride's (Irish: Cill Bhríde) is a town on the Cape Shore of Newfoundland, Canada. Located 166 km Southwest of the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, St. Bride's is a fishing community with a population of approximately 318 persons as of 2021. The largest codfish ever caught, weighing in at 125 lbs, was landed here in 1905.[citation needed]
St. Bride's | |
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Town | |
  St. Bride's Location of St. Bride's in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 46°55′19″N 54°10′20″W / 46.92194°N 54.17222°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eugene Manning[1] |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 318 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 100 |
St. Bride's is the largest community on the Cape Shore, and serves as an administrative centre. It is home to Fatima Academy and several businesses and government services.
The community is named for the Irish St. Brigid, which reflects the community's traditional history of ties to the southeast of Ireland, the Irish language in Newfoundland, and to the Catholic Church in Canada.
It was the location of St. Bride's Radar Station.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Bride's had a population of 318 living in 166 of its 204 total private dwellings, a change of 26.2% from its 2016 population of 252. With a land area of 5.38 km2 (2.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.1/km2 (153.1/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
References
edit- ^ "St. Bride's". Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "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.
46°55′N 54°10′W / 46.917°N 54.167°W
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