Rushoon Explained

Official Name:Rushoon
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Newfoundland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Established Title2:Incorporated
Established Date2:January 18, 1966
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:229
Utc Offset:-3:30
Utc Offset Dst:-2:30
Coordinates:47.3575°N -54.9147°W

Rushoon is a town located north east of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established there in 1955 and the first postmaster was Ambrose Joseph Miller. It became a Local Government Community on January 18, 1966.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rushoon had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 5.89km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador . . February 9, 2022 . March 15, 2022.