Canadian community
Mainland (known in French as La Grand'Terre ) is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . It is on the western shore of the Port au Port Peninsula approximately 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the Stephenville International Airport .
Mainland is a coastal community, bordered by both the ocean and forest. The main industry in the community has traditionally been fishing, but currently (2016) a large portion of the inhabitants leave the community seasonally to earn income.
The community is home to one of six Francophone schools in the province, Centre Scolaire et Communautaire Ste-Anne (École Sainte-Anne), which serves students from kindergarten to grade 12. The school is adjoined by L'Association Régionale de la Côte Ouest (ARCO) and L'Héritage de l'Île Rouge.
The predominant religion practiced is Roman Catholic. The chapel (St. Ann's Chapel) is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador .
There is a small island clearly visible from the town, named L'Île Rouge (Red Island). Local folklore is that it was given the name, as it appears to glow red during sunset at a certain point in the year. The island is uninhabited and with the exception of birds, holds no wildlife.
The nearest towns are Three Rock Cove and Cape St. George. The nearest large shopping center is Stephenville. The nearest hospital is also located in Stephenville.
Mainland has the status of designated place in Canadian census data. In the Canada 2006 Census , the community had a population of 311.[ 1]
The community is historically notable as one of the island's centres of Franco-Newfoundlander settlement and culture.[ 2] CJRM-FM , a francophone community radio station from Labrador City , applied to add a rebroadcaster in the community.[ 3]
After a successful community fundraising campaign, Bell Mobility agreed to install a cellphone tower to serve Mainland and nearby Three Rock Cove .[ 4]
Geography
Mainland is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 4 .[ 5]
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Mainland recorded a population of 314 living in 144 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change of 2 (4.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 2 (72.1/sq mi) in 2016.[ 6]
Government
Mainland is a local service district (LSD)[ 7] [ 8] [ 7]
See also
References
^ Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places: Newfoundland and Labrador .^ "Port-au-Port Peninsula" . Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-431 .^ Smith, Marie-Danielle (April 22, 2021). "These two Newfoundland towns finally have cell service after taking matters into their own hands" . Maclean's . Retrieved August 6, 2021 . ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)" . Statistics Canada . February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021 .^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)" . Statistics Canada . February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021 .^ a b "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF) . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions" . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .
Towns Unorganized Designated Unincorporated
Subdivisions and Communities Cities Local service (LSDs)designated (DPLs)
Both LSDs DPLs
Aspen Cove Barachois Brook Bartlett's Harbour Bay St. George South Beaches Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula Beau Bois Bellevue Bellevue Beach Benoits Siding Benton Birchy Cove Black Duck Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula Black Tickle Blaketown Boyd's Cove Bridgeport Brig Bay Brigus South Brown's Arm Buchans Junction Bunyan's Cove Burgoyne's Cove Burnside-St. Chads Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay Calvert Campbells Creek Canning's Cove Cape Freels North Cape Ray Caplin Cove-Southport Castor River North Castor River South Cavendish Chanceport Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay Cobb's Arm Cottrell's Cove Deadman's Bay Deep Bight Diamond Cove Dildo Dunfield Eddies Cove West Epworth-Great Salmonier Fairbanks-Hillgrade Fairhaven Flat Bay Forest Field-New Bridge Forresters Point Fox Island River-Point au Mal Fox Roost-Margaree Francois Freshwater, Conception Bay Gander Bay North Gander Bay South Garden Cove Georgetown Glovers Harbour Goobies Grates Cove Great Brehat Great Codroy Green Island Brook Green's Harbour Grey River Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East Harry's Harbour Herring Neck Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight Hodge's Cove Hopeall Horwood Indian Cove Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale Jean de Baie La Poile Lance Cove, Bell Island L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon Laurenceton Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay Little Rapids Little St. Lawrence Lodge Bay Loon Bay Lower Lance Cove Main Point-Davidsville Mainland Makinsons Markland Marysvale Mattis Point McCallum Merritt's Harbour Mobile Moreton's Harbour Nameless Cove New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove New Harbour, Trinity Bay Newman's Cove Newville Noggin Cove Norman's Bay Norris Arm North North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay O'Donnells Old Shop Open Hall-Red Cliffe O'Regan's Central Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove Pensons Arm Petit Forte Petley Phillips Head Piccadilly Head Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe Pleasantview Plum Point Pollard's Point Port Albert Portland Creek Purcell's Harbour Pynns Brook Random Island West Random Sound West Rattling Brook Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle Roaches Line Rock Harbour Searston Sheaves Cove Sheppardville Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose Smith's Harbour Smith's Sound Sop's Arm South Dildo South East Bight Spanish Room Spillars Cove St Andrews St. Anthony Bight St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's St. Judes St Patricks St. Teresa Stanhope Stoneville Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay Swift Current Thornlea Three Rock Cove Tizzard's Harbour Tompkins Tors Cove Upper Amherst Cove Upper Ferry Valley Pond Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove West Bay Wild Cove, White Bay William's Harbour LSDs onlyDPLs only
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