List of population centres in Newfoundland and Labrador

A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km².^[1]

The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.^[1]

In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 27 population centres in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.^[2] This includes the new population centres of Sheshatshiu and Stephenville Crossing.

List

The below table is a list of those population centres in Newfoundland and Labrador from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada.^[2]

Rank	Population centre[2]	Size group[2]	Population (2021)[2]	Population (2016)[2]	Change[2]	Land area (km2)[2]	Population density[2]
1	St. John's	Large urban	185,565	181,955	+2.0%	178	1,042.5/km2
2	Corner Brook	Small	19,129	19,546	−2.1%	21.6	885.6/km2
3	Grand Falls-Windsor	Small	11,986	12,519	−4.3%	12.34	971.3/km2
4	Gander	Small	9,918	10,220	−3.0%	13.64	727.1/km2
5	Labrador City	Small	9,011	8,763	+2.8%	14.5	621.4/km2
6	Stephenville	Small	7,344	7,271	+1.0%	15.48	474.4/km2
7	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	Small	6,996	6,678	+4.8%	10.17	687.9/km2
8	Bay Roberts	Small	6,897	6,896	0.0%	16.88	408.6/km2
9	Carbonear	Small	6,235	6,613	−5.7%	11.16	558.7/km2
10	Clarenville-Shoal Harbour	Small	6,143	5,828	+5.4%	12.46	493.0/km2
11	Deer Lake	Small	4,346	4,632	−6.2%	8.2	530.0/km2
12	Channel-Port aux Basques	Small	3,127	3,665	−14.7%	5.17	604.8/km2
13	Bishop's Falls	Small	3,006	3,087	−2.6%	6.89	436.3/km2
14	Bonavista	Small	2,979	3,140	−5.1%	4.36	683.3/km2
15	Pasadena	Small	2,769	2,800	−1.1%	3.54	782.2/km2
16	Botwood	Small	2,741	2,819	−2.8%	5.54	494.8/km2
17	Marystown	Small	2,671	2,702	−1.1%	5.71	467.8/km2
18	Springdale	Small	2,182	2,178	+0.2%	3.76	580.3/km2
19	Grand Bank	Small	2,071	2,230	−7.1%	2.24	924.6/km2
20	Lewisporte	Small	2,064	2,179	−5.3%	2.33	885.8/km2
21	St. Anthony	Small	1,986	2,049	−3.1%	4.52	439.4/km2
22	Massey Drive	Small	1,606	1,632	−1.6%	2.45	655.5/km2
23	Placentia	Small	1,338	1,374	−2.6%	2.62	510.7/km2
24	Burgeo	Small	1,176	1,307	−10.0%	2.08	565.4/km2
25	Wabana	Small	1,091	1,325	−17.7%	2.53	431.2/km2
26	Sheshatshiu	Small	1,049	1,272	−17.5%	1.61	651.6/km2
27	Stephenville Crossing	Small	1,038	941	+10.3%	1.4	741.4/km2

Retired population centres

The former population centres of Humber Arm South, Fortune and Upper Island Cove were retired for the 2021 census.

See also

• List of the largest population centres in Canada