Crow Head

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = John Hamlyn

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| leader_name1 = Derek Bennett
(Lewisporte-Twillingate)

| leader_title2 = MP

| leader_name2 = Clifford Small
(Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame)

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| population_total = 156

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Crow Head is a small town located on the north island of Twillingate in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is home to the Long Point Lighthouse. Its only land border is with the Town of Twillingate, to the southeast.

As of 2021, there were 156 residents, down from 203 in 2011.

Its mayor, John Hamlyn, has been serving since 1963 and is the longest-serving mayor in Canada.{{cite news |title=Mayor John Hamlyn has enjoyed his 55 years of service in Crow Head |url=https://www.thetelegram.com/news/provincial/mayor-john-hamlyn-has-enjoyed-his-55-years-of-service-in-crow-head-259363/ |accessdate=October 28, 2019 |work=The Telegram |publisher=Saltwire Network |date=November 14, 2018}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Crow Head had a population of {{val|156|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|70|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|106|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:156-177}}|177|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|177|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|3.03|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|156|3.03|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

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