Bridgeport, Newfoundland and Labrador

Bridgeport is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Services in Bridgeport include the local grocery store, a post office and a fish plant. Bridgeport also now features a newly updated community hall.

Bridgeport

Location of Bridgeport in Newfoundland and Labrador

View of an iceberg from Bridgeport

Geography

Bridgeport is in Newfoundland within Subdivision H of Division No. 8.^[1] Bridgeport is on New World Island.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bridgeport recorded a population of 104 living in 52 of its 72 total private dwellings, a change of -25.7% from its 2011 population of 140. With a land area of 3.11 km² (1.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 33.4/km² (86.6/sq mi) in 2016.^[2]

Government

Bridgeport is a local service district (LSD)^[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.^[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Sherman Jennings.^[3]

See also

• List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador