Green's Harbour Explained

Green's Harbour
Settlement Type:Local service district / designated place
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map:Canada Newfoundland and Labrador#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Green's Harbour
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Newfoundland and Labrador
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Newfoundland
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:1
Subdivision Type4:Census subdivision
Subdivision Name4:E
Government Type:Unincorporated
Leader Title1:Governing body
Established Title:Established
Area Land Km2:6.13
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:530
Timezone:NST
Utc Offset:−03:30
Timezone Dst:NDT
Utc Offset Dst:−02:30
Coordinates:47.638°N -53.508°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:709
Blank Name:Highways
Blank1 Name:Waterways

Green's Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Geography

Green's Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 1.[2]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Green's Harbour recorded a population of 642 living in 277 of its 371 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 534. With a land area of 6.13km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]

Government

Green's Harbour is a local service district (LSD)[4] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[5] The chair of the LSD committee is Jennifer Hillier.[4]

Heart and Hand Loyal Orange Lodge #9

The Heart and Hand Loyal Orange Lodge #9 was designated as a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1995.[6] The building was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places on 2005/01/26.[7] As a fundraiser for the building's restoration work in 2018, the Green's Harbour Heritage Society sold wooden shingles which the town's residents decorated on the reverse with personalized messages and memories, serving as a type of time capsule.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 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 May 4, 2022).
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) . . February 7, 2018 . December 23, 2021.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) . . February 7, 2018 . December 22, 2021.
  4. Web site: Directory of Local Service Districts . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador . October 2021 . January 1, 2022.
  5. Web site: Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador . January 1, 2022.
  6. Web site: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland & Labrador Heart and Hand LOL #9 Registered Heritage Structure . 2022-07-26 . heritagenl.ca.
  7. Web site: HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca . 2022-07-26 . www.historicplaces.ca.
  8. News: 30 July 2018 . How Green Harbour's historic lodge is transforming into a time capsule . CBC News . 26 July 2022.