Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Garnish

| settlement_type = Town

| pushpin_map = Newfoundland

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Garnish in Newfoundland

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{NL}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 542

| timezone = Newfoundland Time

| utc_offset = -3:30

| timezone_DST = Newfoundland Daylight

| utc_offset_DST = -2:30

| coordinates = {{coord|47|14|N|55|22|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline}}

| area_code = 709

| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = {{jct|province=NL|NL|210}}
{{jct|province=NL|NL|213}}

| website =www.townofgarnish.com

| module = {{Infobox lighthouse | qid = Q33126608 | embed=yes

| location = Garnish
Newfoundland
Canada

| yearbuilt = 1885 (first)

| yearlit = 1991 (current)

| yeardeactivated = 1991 (first)

| construction = aluminium skeletal tower

| shape = square prism skeletal tower with light

| marking = three side daymark painted red the upper part, white the lower part

| managingagent = Garnish Heritage Society{{Cite rowlett|nfle|accessdate=2017-02-12}}{{cite ngall|110|2016|}}

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Garnish, a town located on the west coast of the Burin Peninsula, was well known for its lumbering and now for its lobstering operations. Located on Route 213, it is 25 km along route 220 north west of Grand Bank and 18 km along Route 220 east of Marystown. The Way Office was established in 1852 and the first Waymaster was Henry Campe. In 2021, the town had a population of 542.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Garnish had a population of {{val|542|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|243|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|306|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:542-568}}|568|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|568|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|39.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|542|39.1|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}}

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