La Poile is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on La Poile Bay. The community is inaccessible by road and is served by a ferry via a port in Rose Blanche.[1][2][3][4]
La Poile | |
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 La Poile as it appeared in 1971 | |
  La Poile Location of La Poile in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 47°41′06″N 58°23′42″W / 47.685°N 58.395°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 61 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Ferry to Rose Blanche |
The town mainly works in lobster fishing. As of the 2021 census, the population is 61 people. The community has a school offering grades K-9 and a small store. There is an Anglican church which offers services once a month. Health care is limited to a first responder and a visiting doctor who comes once a month, weather permitting.
The town was the subject of an episode of Viceland's Abandoned.[5] There is only one student in the local school.[citation needed] The last town-wide vote in 2017 did not have enough support for the residents to accept provincial money to leave the settlement under the resettlement program.[6]
Geography
La Poile is in Newfoundland within Subdivision I of Division No. 3.[7]
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Poile recorded a population of 61 living in 33 of its 47 total private dwellings, a change of -29.9% from its 2016 population of 87.[8] With a land area of 1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.6/km2 (154.3/sq mi) in 2016.[9]
Government
La Poile is a local service district (LSD)[10] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[11] The chair of the LSD committee is Monford Organ.[10]
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