Official Name: | Seal Cove |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (town) |
Established Date2: | 1972 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 100 |
Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Coordinates: | 47.4847°N -56.0614°W |
Seal Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on Fortune Bay. The town had a population of 100 in the 2021 Census. The population of Seal Cove, Fortune Bay has fallen to approximately 100 largely due to outmigration for education and other work-related pursuits. The town was incorporated in 1972.
Historically, residents earned a living by fishing and logging for the large pulp and paper companies located in Central and Western parts of the province. In recent years there has been a greater dependency on work in the construction industry.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Seal 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 2.03km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]