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Pinware
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Pinware |
| native_name | Pied Noir |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Pinware, Labrador (NL), Canada.JPG |
| image_caption | Pinware, NL |
| pushpin_map | Canada Newfoundland and Labrador |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type3 | |
| established_title | Incorporated |
| established_date | 1978 |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| government_type | Municipal Council |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Kayla Beals |
| leader_title1 | Town Clerk |
| leader_name1 | Mary Ellen Butt |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 64 |
| timezone | NST |
| utc_offset | -03:30 |
| timezone_DST | NDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -02:30 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| postal_code_type | |
| postal_code | |
| area_code | 709 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info |
Pinware is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town has a population of 64, according to the Canada 2021 Census.
The town is located along Route 510 in Labrador, between L'Anse-au-Diable and Red Bay.
The community has been formerly known as Riviere des François, Pirouette River, and Black Bay. It is believed the name is a corruption of Pied Noir (black foot) from the shape of a rock found at the mouth of Black Rock Brook.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pinware had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 4.08 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Its 2016 census count of 88 was a decrease from its 2011 population of 107.
Economy
Pinware was once a fishing community.
References
References
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (8 February 2017). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada.
- Delaney, Anna. (Jul 18, 2016). "Adapt or die: Pinware mayor says towns must adapt to population changes or have 'sugar daddy' support them". CBC News.
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