Lamaline

Lamaline is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 480 in 1940, 643 in 1956 and 218 in the Canada 2021 Census. Lamaline was a small place with 10 families in 1864. The Way Office was established in 1863 and the first Waymaster was James Pittman.

Lamaline
Town
Route 220 in Lamaline
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
• Mayor	Marie Collins
• MP	Jonathan Rowe (CON), Terra Nova—The Peninsulas
Population  (2021)
• Total	218[1]
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 220

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lamaline had a population of 218 living in 101 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of -18.4% from its 2016 population of 267. With a land area of 79.75 km² (30.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.7/km² (7.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	709	—
1911	821	+15.8%
1970	540	−34.2%
1996	440	−18.5%
2001	346	−21.4%
2006	315	−9.0%
2011	286	−9.2%
2016	267	−6.6%
2021	218	−18.4%

See also

• Allan's Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador