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Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove
Town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located in the Trinity-Conception Bay District north of Carbonear.
The town was incorporated in 1968 by amalgamating the independent fishing villages of Small Point, Adam's Cove, Blackhead and Broad Cove. The neighbouring community of Kingston was originally part of the amalgamation, but withdrew in 1976.
The town had a population of 414 in the Canada 2021 Census.
On August 3, 2025 a wildfire started in the neighbouring unincorperated town of Kingston, and burned its way through the communities of Small Point, Broad Cove, Blackhead and Adam's Cove, wiping out several structures in it's path. The wildfire is still ongoing, with up to 5000 hectares burned.
On May 8, 2025, Adam's Cove experienced a severe wildfire with up to 600 hectares of land being destroyed and 40 structures of residents from Adam’s Cove to Western Bay also destroyed.[1]
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove had a population of 414 living in 200 of its 327 total private dwellings, a change of 7% from its 2016 population of 387. With a land area of 23.12 km2 (8.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.9/km2 (46.4/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
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