Division No. 1, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Division No. 1, Newfoundland and Labrador is a census division covering the entire Avalon Peninsula including the Isthmus of Avalon of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The area has the largest population of the province, totaling 242,875 in 2001. The population of this area had dropped 3.4% from the last census in 1996. The total land area is 9,218.43 square kilometers. The coast of the Avalon Peninsula is inundated by four main bays and a number of smaller bays. The four main bays are; Trinity Bay, Conception Bay, St. Mary's Bay and Placentia Bay. The largest bay would be Placentia Bay.
The capital St. John's, of the province is located in this division along with the second largest of the three cities of the province, Mount Pearl. The majority of the towns and villages are located along the coast in much of the four main bays as mentioned.
Towns include: Admiral's Beach, Aquaforte, Arnold's Cove, Avondale, Bauline, Bay Bulls, Bay Roberts, Bay de Verde, Bay Roberts, Biscay Bay, Bishop's Cove, Branch, Brigus, Bryant's Cove, Cape Broyle, Carbonear, Chance Cove, Chapel Arm, Clarke's Beach, Colinet, Colliers, Come By Chance, Conception Bay South, Conception Harbour, Cupids, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Flatrock, Fox Harbour, Gaskiers, Hant's Harbour, Harbour Grace, Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight-Islington, Heart's Desire, Holyrood, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights, Mount Carmel-Mitcells Brook-St. Catherines, New Perlican, Norman's Cove-Long Cove, North River, Old Perlican, Paradise, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Placentia, Point Lance, Point Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Pouch Cove, Renews, Riverhead, Salmon Cove, Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, South River, Southern Harbour, Spaniard's Bay, St. Bride's, St. Joseph's, St. Mary's, St. Shott's, St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's RIver, Sunnyside, Torbay, Trepassey, Upper Island Cove, Victoria, Wabana, Whitbourne, Whiteway, Winterton and Witless Bay.
Unorganized Subdivisions:
[edit] External links
- Division No. 1 Profile - Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE
- Statistics Canada Map of Division
[edit] See also
 Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador |
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| Census divisions | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 |
| Cities | Corner Brook · Mount Pearl · St. John's |
| Other communities | Bishop's Falls · Bonavista · Botwood · Carbonear · Channel-Port aux Basques · Clarenville · Deer Lake · Ferryland · Fogo · Gander · Grand Falls-Windsor · Happy Valley-Goose Bay · Harbour Grace · Labrador City · Marystown · Nain · Pasadena · Peterview · Placentia · Red Bay · St. Anthony · Stephenville · Woody Point |
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Largest and smallest census divisions of Canada
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| Province / Territory | Area (km²) | Population (2001) | ||||||||||
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| Alberta | Division No. 17 | 192,055.15 | Division No. 8 | 9,908.36 | Div. No. 6 (Calgary) | 1,021,060 | Division No. 4 | 11,300 | ||||
| British Columbia | Stikine Region | 132,496.21 | Nanaimo | 2,034.94 | Gtr. Vancouver | 1,986,965 | Stikine Region | 1,316 | ||||
| Manitoba | Division No. 23 | 242,016.21 | Division No. 11 | 572.12 | Division No. 11 | 621,451 | Division No. 23 | 8,989 | ||||
| New Brunswick | North'land Cnty. | 12,112.44 | St. John Cnty. | 1,462.43 | Westmorland Cnty. | 124,688 | Queens County | 11,862 | ||||
| Newf'land & Labrador | Division No. 10 | 269,073.30 | Division No. 2 | 6,099.04 | Division No. 1 | 242,875 | Division No. 3 | 19,370 | ||||
| Northwest Territories | Fort Smith Rgn. | 618,360.38 | Inuvik Region | 522,747.99 | Fort Smith Rgn. | 28,824 | Inuvik Region | 8,536 | ||||
| Nova Scotia | Halifax Reg. Mun. | 5,495.54 | Richmond Cnty. | 1,244.28 | Halifax Reg. Mun. | 359,183 | Victoria County | 7,962 | ||||
| Nunavut | Baffin Region | 1,023,570.49 | Keewatin Rgn. | 444,680.40 | Baffin Region | 14,372 | Kitikmeot Rgn. | 4,816 | ||||
| Ontario | Kenora District | 407,167.33 | Toronto Div. | 629.91 | Toronto Div. | 2,481,494 | Manitoulin Dist. | 12,679 | ||||
| Prince Edward Island | Queens County | 2,020.17 | Kings County | 1,684.35 | Queens County | 71,619 | Kings County | 19,180 | ||||
| Quebec | Nord-du-Québec | 747,719.86 | Laval | 247.07 | Montreal | 1,812,723 | L'Île-d'Orléans | 6,779 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Division No. 18 | 268,498.80 | Division No. 10 | 12,223.73 | Division No. 11 | 237,629 | Division No. 4 | 11,714 | ||||
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Largest and smallest areas and populations in italics. |
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