Birchy Cove
{{Short description|Local service district and designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
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Birchy Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
It is located on the Bonavista Bay side of the Bonavista Peninsula, 2.5 km from Newman's Cove, and 8.4 km from the Town of Bonavista.
Geography
Birchy Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision G of Division No. 7.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=311&SR=1&S=87&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=10 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 7, 2018 | access-date=December 23, 2021}}
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Birchy Cove recorded a population of 20 living in 13 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:20-30}}|30|1}} from its 2011 population of 30. With a land area of {{convert|4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|20|4|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&PR=10 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 7, 2018 | access-date=December 22, 2021}}
Government
Birchy Cove is a local service district (LSD){{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/mpa/files/Copy-of-Local_Service_District_Directory-October-2021.pdf | title=Directory of Local Service Districts | publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | date=October 2021 | accessdate=January 1, 2022}} that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/mpa/faq/faq-lsd/ | title=Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions | publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | accessdate=January 1, 2022}} The chair of the LSD committee is Reg Durdle.
See also
References
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Category:Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
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