Merritt's Harbour

Merritt's Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located near Herring Neck, on New World Island, a few kilometers south of the causeway to Twillingate.

Geography

Merritt's Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision H of Division No. 8.^[1]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Merritt's Harbour recorded a population of 38 living in 18 of its 26 total private dwellings, a change of 5.6% from its 2011 population of 36. With a land area of 2.33 km² (0.90 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.3/km² (42.2/sq mi) in 2016.^[2]

Government

Merritt's Harbour 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 Lindsay Card.^[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