Pensons Arm

Pensons Arm
Local service district / designated place
Pensons Arm is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
Pensons Arm
Pensons Arm
Location of Pensons Arm
Pensons Arm is located in Canada
Pensons Arm
Pensons Arm
Pensons Arm (Canada)
Coordinates: 52°41′10″N 55°53′31″W / 52.686°N 55.892°W / 52.686; -55.892
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
RegionLabrador
Census division10
Census subdivisionB
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
Area
 • Land3.23 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
43
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−03:00 (ADT)
Area code709
Highways Route 514

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

Geography

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

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.

Government

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  2. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ United States Hydrographic Office; Davenport, Richard G. (1884). Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 466–. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.