Newfoundland and Labrador municipalities 2015

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...

is the ninth-most populous

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, with 510,550 residents recorded in the

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, and is the seventh-largest in land area, with . Newfoundland and Labrador has 278 municipalities, including 3

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, 270

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s, and 5 Inuit community governments; these communities cover only of the province's land mass but are home to of its population. The towns were created by the

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in accordance with the ''Municipalities Act, 1999'', whereas the three cities were each incorporated under their own provincial statutes. Inuit community governments were created in accordance with the 2005 ''Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act''. These acts grant the power to enact local bylaws and the responsibility to provide local government services. St. John's is Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest municipality by population and land area. Little Bay Islands is its smallest municipality by population, and Brent's Cove is the smallest municipality by land area.

Cities

Newfoundland and Labrador has three cities that had a total population of 152,335 in the 2021 Canadian Census. The provincial capital of St. John's is the largest city by population and land area, with 110,525 residents and .

Corner Brook Corner Brook ( 2021 population: 19,316 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrado ...

is the smallest city by population in the province, with 19,333 residents.

Mount Pearl Mount Pearl is the fourth-largest municipality and second-largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The city is located southwest of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the isla ...

is the smallest by land area, with . The three cities are governed under their own provincial legislation – the ''City of St. John's Act'', the ''City of Mount Pearl Act'', and the ''City of Corner Brook Act''. These acts give them the power to enact local bylaws and the responsibility to provide local government services.

Towns

The ''Municipalities Act, 1999'' is the legislation enabling the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to incorporate, amalgamate, and disorganize towns in Newfoundland and Labrador upon recommendation by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment. It also provides opportunities for towns to annex areas, and establish or alter their boundaries. The prerequisite to undertake these actions is the preparation of a feasibility report, which includes a requirement for a public hearing. Newfoundland and Labrador has 270 towns that had a total population of 304,895 in the 2021 Canadian Census. Fifteen of those towns are in

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. Newfoundland and Labrador's largest town by population is

Conception Bay South Conception Bay South is a town in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is commonly called CBS. The town is located on the Avalon Peninsula which forms part of the southern shore of Conception Bay which is in turn part of ...

with 27,168 residents and the largest by land area is Baie Verte with . Little Bay Islands is its smallest town by population with zero residents, and Brent's Cove is the smallest town by land area with . The province's newest town is George's Brook-Milton, which incorporated on May 8, 2018.

Inuit community governments

Newfoundland and Labrador has five

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community governments that had a total population of 2,323 in the 2021 Canadian Census. The largest Inuit community government in the province by population and land area is Nain with 847 residents and .

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is the smallest Inuit community government by population in the province with 188 residents, while Hopedale is the smallest by land area with . All five Inuit community governments are within

Nunatsiavut Nunatsiavut (; ) is an autonomous area claimed by the Inuit in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The settlement area includes territory in Labrador extending to the Quebec border. In 2002, the Labrador Inuit Association submitted a proposal for ...

, the Inuit Land Claims Area of Labrador. The five Inuit community governments were formed in 2005 with the signing of the ''Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement''. The agreement granted them powers similar to other types of municipal governments in the province such as the establishment of a local government, municipal parks and recreation, public libraries, and public advertising. Each community elects

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a council comprising an angajukkak (mayor) and Inuit community councillors.

List of municipalities

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, a suburb of St. John's

References

External links

Newfoundland and Labrador: Municipal and Provincial Affairs
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