Official Name: | Colliers |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Colliers in Newfoundland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 1 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ray Cole |
Leader Title1: | MHA |
Leader Name1: | Helen Conway-Ottenheimer (PC) Harbour Main |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Name2: | Ken McDonald (Liberal) Avalon |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 26.23 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 613 |
Population Density Km2: | 24.9 |
Timezone: | Newfoundland Time |
Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | Newfoundland Daylight |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Coordinates: | 47.45°N -67°W |
Area Code: | 709 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Colliers is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Conception Bay.
According to the 2016 Statistics Canada Census: the area had a population of 654, with 424 dwellings.[1]
Colliers was considered by John Guy and his associates as a preferred place for the first settlement in North America. The area that became known as Cupers Cove (Cupids) was chosen to great tragedy. If Colliers had been chosen, this tragedy might not have occurred. Thus Colliers would have been the first permanent settlement in North America.
Famous residents of Colliers include former Lt. Gov. James A. McGrath, actor John Ryan and musician Terry McDonald.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Colliers had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 26.24km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]