Rushoon

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| established_date2 = January 18, 1966

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Rushoon is a town located north east of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established there in 1955 and the first postmaster was Ambrose Joseph Miller. It became a Local Government Community on January 18, 1966.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rushoon had a population of {{val|229|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|114|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|131|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:229-245}}|245|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|245|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|5.89|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|229|5.89|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}}

References

Category:Populated coastal places in Canada

Category:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador