Westport
Town
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Population
 (2021)
 • Total185
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 411
Westport Cove Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Constructed1906 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionlumber (tower) Edit this on Wikidata
Height3 m (9.8 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapeoctagonal truncated tower with lantern[1][2]
Markingswhite Edit this on Wikidata
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height10 m (33 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Lenssixth-order dioptric lens
Range7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 4s Edit this on Wikidata

Westport is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 185 in 2021, down from 195 in the Canada 2016 Census.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Westport had a population of 185 living in 84 of its 124 total private dwellings, a change of -5.1% from its 2016 population of 195.[3] With a land area of 5.23 km2 (2.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 35.4/km2 (91.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
  3. ^ Canada 2016 Census: Community Profile, Statistics Canada. Accessed February 6, 2018
  4. ^ "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.

External links

49°46′59″N 56°37′59″W / 49.783°N 56.633°W / 49.783; -56.633


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