Official Name: | L'Anse-au-Loup |
Other Name: | Wolf Cove |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Newfoundland and Labrador#Canada |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of L'Anse-au-Loup in Newfoundland & Labrador |
Established Title2: | 1975 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 3.48 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 692 |
Population Density Km2: | 160.5 |
Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
L'Anse-au-Loup (Town) is located along the north shore of the Strait of Belle Isle, in Newfoundland and Labrador province, Canada.[2]
The town had a population of 692 in the Canada 2021 Census, up from 558 in 2016.[1] In the Canada 2006 Census, there were 593 inhabitants. Common Surnames are Barney, Belben, Cabot, Earle, Linstead, Normore, O'Brien, Ryland.
The town is located along Route 510 in Labrador, between Forteau and L'Anse-au-Diable. The town was incorporated in 1975. The first mayor was Reginald O'Brien Sr.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Anse au Loup had a population of residing in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3.39km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]