Colliers, Newfoundland and Labrador
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Andy Parsley
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| leader_name1 = Helen Conway-Ottenheimer (PC) Harbour Main
| leader_title2 = MP
| leader_name2 = Paul Connors (Liberal) Avalon
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| population_total = 613
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Colliers is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Conception Bay.
According to the 2016 Statistics Canada Census: the area had a population of 654, with 424 dwellings.
Colliers was considered by John Guy and his associates as a preferred place for the first settlement in North America. The area that became known as Cupers Cove (Cupids) was chosen to great tragedy. If Colliers had been chosen, this tragedy might not have occurred. Thus Colliers would have been the first permanent settlement in North America.
Famous residents of Colliers include former Lt. Gov. James A. McGrath, actor John Ryan and musician Terry McDonald.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Colliers had a population of {{val|613|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|269|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|414|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:613-654}}|654|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|654|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|26.24|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|613|26.24|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}
See also
References
External links
- [https://sites.google.com/site/colliersfiredepartment/ Colliers Volunteer Fire Department]
- [http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/947 Colliers - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1, p. 480-481.]
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{{Geographic location
| North = Conception Bay
| West = Subdivision 1O
| Centre = Colliers
| East = Conception Harbour
| South = Subdivision 1O
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Category:Populated coastal places in Canada
Category:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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