| Black Tickle-Domino | |
| Settlement Type: | Local service district / designated place |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Newfoundland and Labrador#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Black Tickle-Domino |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Labrador |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 10 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Census subdivision |
| Subdivision Name4: | B |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Name: | Riley Newman |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.43 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 87 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | −04:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −03:00 |
| Coordinates: | 53.464°N -55.78°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 709 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Black Tickle (Inuttitut: Kikkertet[1]) is a settlement and designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the Island of Ponds and part of the unrecognized NunatuKavut territory. In the 2021 census Black Tickle had a population of 87.[2] Locations in Labrador south of Black Tickle generally observe Newfoundland Time instead of Atlantic Standard Time, which is observed by the rest of the province's continental communities. Black Tickle is inaccessible by road and is served by Black Tickle Airport, a gravel strip airport (CCE4).
The Goose Bay - Cartwright - Black Tickle ferry service, MV Kamutik W., runs from June to November.[3] [4]
In 2012, the local fish plant closed.[5] [6] In June 2016, it was announced that Black Tickle would no longer be covered by a full-time nurse and could lose its fuel source during winter months.[7] In August of the same year, it was announced that the full-time nurse would be remaining in Black Tickle.[8] The town, working with an indigenous company, announced in 2021 that Black Tickle would be getting a new fuel supply source.[9]
Beginning in 2015, it has been in the news for its large presence of polar bears.[10]
Black Tickle-Domino is located on the Northwestern head of the Island of Ponds off the coast of Southwestern Labrador within Subdivision B of Division No. 10.[11]
As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Black Tickle-Domino recorded a population of 87 living in 33 of its 72 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 150.[2] With a land area of 9.43km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[12]
Black Tickle-Domino is a local service district (LSD)[13] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[14] The chair of the LSD committee is Joseph Keefe.[13]