Lamaline is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 480 in 1940, 643 in 1956 and 218 in the Canada 2021 Census. Lamaline was a small place with 10 families in 1864. The Way Office was established in 1863 and the first Waymaster was James Pittman.

Lamaline
Town
Route 220 in Lamaline
Route 220 in Lamaline
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
 • MayorMarie Collins
Population
 (2021)
 • Total218[1]
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 220

Demographics edit

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lamaline had a population of 218 living in 101 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of -18.4% from its 2016 population of 267. With a land area of 79.75 km2 (30.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.7/km2 (7.1/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

Historical populations
YearPop.±%
1901709—    
1911821+15.8%
1970540−34.2%
1996440−18.5%
2001346−21.4%
2006315−9.0%
2011286−9.2%
2016267−6.6%
2021218−18.4%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2016 Community Profiles - Lamaline". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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