| Caplin Cove-Southport | |
| Settlement Type: | Local service district / designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Newfoundland and Labrador#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Newfoundland and Labrador##Location within Canada |
| Coordinates: | 48.013°N -53.686°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name2: | 7 |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census subdivision |
| Subdivision Name3: | M |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title2: | Established |
| Established Title3: | Incorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Area Land Km2: | 26.46 |
| Population Total: | 687 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Leader Title2: | MPs |
| Leader Title3: | MHAs |
| Timezone: | NST |
| Utc Offset: | −03:30 |
| Timezone Dst: | NDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −02:30 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Caplin Cove-Southport is a local service district and designated place in Trinity Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Caplin Cove-Southport is approximately 50 km from Clarenville.
Caplin Cove-Southport was created as a local service district and designated place in 2004, consisting of five communties (Butter Cove, Caplin Cove, Gooseberry Cove, Little Heart's Ease and Southport). In 2012, the community of Long Beach was annexed by the district.
Caplin Cove-Southport is in Newfoundland within Subdivision M of Division No. 7.[1] The community of Long Beach is west of Hodge's Cove, while the five others are east of it. All communities are located on Newfoundland and Labrador Route 204.
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Caplin Cove-Southport recorded a population of 687 living in 316 of its 406 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 786. With a land area of 26.46km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]
Caplin Cove-Southport is a local service district (LSD)[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Valerie Johnson.[3]