Norman's Bay is a
local service district and
designated place
A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the ...
in the
Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. It is an isolated community at the head of Norman Bay, an extension of Martin Bay. The population of the community was 15 in the 2021 census.
Norman Bay was a winter settlement for the fishing stations of
Snug Harbour
Snug may refer to:
* Snug (A Midsummer Night's Dream), a character in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''
* Snug (piercing), a type of piercing
* Snug, Tasmania, a small town on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, in the municipality of Kingborou ...
and Venison Tickle. At the time when southeast Labrador fishing stations were being encouraged to resettle in the 1960s, the Ward family at Snug Harbour resisted pressures to move to
Charlottetown or another larger community and instead made Norman's Bay their permanent home. Most people are still dependent on fishing as the main source of income.
The community is reliant on the postal, air, and medical services in nearby
Charlottetown.
The community is not accessible by road and was serviced by a ferry port in Charlottetown until 2018 when the provincial government started using helicopter service.
In 2021, the local school, Raymond Ward Memorial was closed due to no enrolment.
Geography
Norman's Bay is in
Labrador
, nickname = "The Big Land"
, etymology =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Canada
, subdivision_type1 = Province
, subdivision_name1 ...
within
Subdivision B of
Division No. 10.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Norman's Bay recorded a population of 15 living in 5 private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 25.
[Statistics Canada. 2022. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released April 27, 2022.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 18, 2022).] With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Government
Norman's Bay 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 vacant.
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See also
* List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
* List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
* NunatuKavut
References
{{Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador, state=collapsed, LSD/DPL=yes
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
Road-inaccessible communities of Newfoundland and Labrador