St. Brendan's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. Brendan's is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, situated in Shoal Cove (the town's former name) on Cottel Island in Bonavista Bay. Other settlements on the island include Shalloway Cove, Haywards Cove, and Dock Cove. The town had a population of 125 in the Canada 2021 Census.^[2] St. Brendan's is inaccessible by road and is served by a daily ferry service from Burnside.^[3][4][5][6]

St. Brendan's Cottles Island
Community
Ferry to St. Brendan's
Coordinates: 48°51′29″N 53°39′58″W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
• Mayor	Veronica Broomfield
• MP	Jonathan Rowe (CON), Terra Nova—The Peninsulas
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	125
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Ferry to Burnside

St. Gabriel's All Grade is the only school in the community and in 2018 had only six students.^[7]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Brendan's had a population of 125 living in 69 of its 122 total private dwellings, a change of -13.8% from its 2016 population of 145. With a land area of 9.76 km² (3.77 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.8/km² (33.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

See also

• Burnside-St. Chads, Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland outport