| Official Name: | Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Newfoundland |
| Pushpin Label: | Petty Harbour –Maddox Cove |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.54 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 947 |
| Population Density Km2: | 211.5 |
| Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove is a town of approximately 950 people located on the eastern shore of the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is nestled deep in the heart of Motion Bay about 10km (10miles) south of St. John's. The present town is approximately 200 years old, though the site has been continuously occupied since at least 1598. During King William's War, the village was raided by French forces in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.
Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove is the site of the Petty Harbour Generating Station, the first hydroelectric generating station in Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
The name Petty Harbour is the anglicized form of the French name French: Petit Havre meaning 'small harbour'. It was first settled by French colonists.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 4.4km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2] [3]