Pensons Arm
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Pensons Arm (also known as Pinsent's Arm) is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Pensons Arm, is a coastal village in Labrador, 20 km southeast of Charlottetown. It has a population of 43 in the 2021 census.{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Pensons%20Arm&DGUIDlist=2021A0006100261&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|title = Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error}}
Geography
Pensons Arm is in Labrador within Subdivision B of Division No. 10.{{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}} Topographically it is surrounded by St. Michaels Bay, an inlet of the Labrador Sea to the north and Scrammy Bay to the east.{{cite book|author1=United States Hydrographic Office|last2=Davenport|first2=Richard G.|title=Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmkDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA466|accessdate=20 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1884|publisher=Govt. print. off.|pages=466–}}
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pensons Arm recorded a population of 61 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:61-53}}|53|1}} from its 2011 population of 53. With a land area of {{convert|3.23|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|61|3.23|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
Pensons Arm 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 Harrison Campbell.
See also
References
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Category:Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador