Pinware

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| native_name = Pied Noir

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Kayla Beals

| leader_title1 = Town Clerk

| leader_name1 = Mary Ellen Butt

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Pinware is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town has a population of 64, according to the Canada 2021 Census.

The town is located along Route 510 in Labrador, between L'Anse-au-Diable and Red Bay.

The community has been formerly known as Riviere des François, Pirouette River, and Black Bay. It is believed the name is a corruption of Pied Noir (black foot) from the shape of a rock found at the mouth of Black Rock Brook.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pinware had a population of {{val|64|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|28|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|31|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:64-88}}|88|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|88|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|4.08|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|64|4.08|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}}

Its 2016 census count of 88 was a decrease from its 2011 population of 107.{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1010007&Geo2=CD&Code2=1010&SearchText=pinware&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census|date=8 February 2017|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=Nov 4, 2020}}

Economy

Pinware was once a fishing community.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/adapt-or-die-pinware-mayor-says-towns-must-adapt-to-population-changes-or-have-sugar-daddy-support-them-1.3683458|title=Adapt or die: Pinware mayor says towns must adapt to population changes or have 'sugar daddy' support them|publisher=CBC News|date=Jul 18, 2016 |first=Anna|last=Delaney|accessdate=Nov 4, 2020}}

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