Official Name: | Massey Drive |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1971 |
Leader Name: | Don Brown[1] |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1,606 |
Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Coordinates: | 48.9372°N -57.9°W |
Massey Drive (2021 pop.: 1,606) is a town located close to the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its name is derived from the original road through the town, named Massey Drive, which in turn is named after Vincent Massey, former Governor General of Canada (1952–59).[2] It is an enclave surrounded by the municipality of Corner Brook, from which it seceded in 1971. It is primarily a residential area.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Massey Drive had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.45km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]