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Local service district / designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pensons Arm (also known as Pinsent's Arm) is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Pensons Arm, is a coastal village in Labrador, 20 km southeast of Charlottetown. It has a population of 43 in the 2021 census.[1]
Pensons Arm | |
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Coordinates: 52.686°N 55.892°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Region | Labrador |
Census division | 10 |
Census subdivision | B |
Government | |
• Type | Unincorporated |
Area | |
• Land | 3.23 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 43 |
Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
Area code | 709 |
Highways | Route 514 |
Pensons Arm is in Labrador within Subdivision B of Division No. 10.[2] Topographically it is surrounded by St. Michaels Bay, an inlet of the Labrador Sea to the north and Scrammy Bay to the east.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pensons Arm recorded a population of 61 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of 15.1% from its 2011 population of 53. With a land area of 3.23 km2 (1.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.9/km2 (48.9/sq mi) in 2016.[4]
Pensons Arm is a local service district (LSD)[5] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[6] The chair of the LSD committee is Harrison Campbell.[5]
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