Pollard's Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

Pollard's Point is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Pollard's Point
Local service district / designated place
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Coordinates: 49.743°N 56.908°W / 49.743; -56.908
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Region	Newfoundland
Census division	5
Census subdivision	G
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area [1]
• Land	16.85 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	306
Time zone	UTC−03:30 (NST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−02:30 (NDT)
Area code	709

History

The post office was established in 1966.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Pollard's Point is in Newfoundland within Subdivision G of Division No. 5.^[2] It is approximately 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Deer Lake.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pollard's Point recorded a population of 306 living in 148 of its 181 total private dwellings, a change of 21.4% from its 2011 population of 252. With a land area of 16.85 km² (6.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.2/km² (47.0/sq mi) in 2016.^[1]

Government

Pollard's Point 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 Edine Gossett.^[3]

Education

Main River Academy is in Pollard's Point.^[5]

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