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Comfort Cove-Newstead

Comfort Cove-Newstead
Town
Aerial view featuring the fish plant, the major employer of the community.
Aerial view featuring the fish plant, the major employer of the community.
Comfort Cove-Newstead is located in Newfoundland
Comfort Cove-Newstead
Comfort Cove-Newstead
Location of Comfort Cove-Newstead in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49°23′57.50″N 54°51′51.09″W / 49.3993056°N 54.8641917°W / 49.3993056; -54.8641917
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
 • MayorPeter Watkins[2]
Area
 • Total
29.83 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
345[1]
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 343

Comfort Cove-Newstead is a small fishing community located outside Campbellton, on the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, (on the Bay of Exploits).

It has a recently renovated town hall, a fire department, a corner store with post office, two churches, and other services including a fish processing plant and a vegetable farm.

There are many services such as a playground, town hall, community center, fish plant, fire hall, local store, vegetable farm and more. The children in this town, along with those from Campbellton, Birchy Bay, Baytona, Loon Bay and Michaels Harbour attend a k-9 school in the Campbellton and high school in Lewisporte.

There are about 248 private dwellings, in Comfort Cove-Newstead, covering a land area of about 29.83 square km. There is a Salvation Army place of worship, a United Church, and Cull's Point Cemetery there.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Comfort Cove-Newstead had a population of 345 living in 160 of its 247 total private dwellings, a change of -15.2% from its 2016 population of 407. With a land area of 29.97 km2 (11.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 11.5/km2 (29.8/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

Climate

Climate data for Comfort Cove-Newstead
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 12.4
(54.3) 		12.5
(54.5) 		15.6
(60.1) 		22
(72) 		28.2
(82.8) 		32
(90) 		33.3
(91.9) 		33.3
(91.9) 		27.5
(81.5) 		23.9
(75.0) 		20
(68) 		15
(59) 		33.3
(91.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −3.1
(26.4) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		0.3
(32.5) 		5
(41) 		11.2
(52.2) 		17.2
(63.0) 		21.8
(71.2) 		20.3
(68.5) 		15.5
(59.9) 		9.5
(49.1) 		4.5
(40.1) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		8.2
(46.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −7.3
(18.9) 		−7.7
(18.1) 		−4
(25) 		1.2
(34.2) 		6.4
(43.5) 		11.6
(52.9) 		16.3
(61.3) 		15.5
(59.9) 		11
(52) 		5.6
(42.1) 		1.3
(34.3) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		3.8
(38.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −11.7
(10.9) 		−12.3
(9.9) 		−8.4
(16.9) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		1.6
(34.9) 		6.1
(43.0) 		10.9
(51.6) 		10.5
(50.9) 		6.4
(43.5) 		1.7
(35.1) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		−8
(18) 		−0.7
(30.7)
Record low °C (°F) −27.2
(−17.0) 		−32.2
(−26.0) 		−27.5
(−17.5) 		−14
(7) 		−8.3
(17.1) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		0.6
(33.1) 		3.9
(39.0) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−15.7
(3.7) 		−26.1
(−15.0) 		−32.2
(−26.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 100
(3.9) 		91.7
(3.61) 		99.9
(3.93) 		87.7
(3.45) 		86.6
(3.41) 		81.5
(3.21) 		81.8
(3.22) 		105.1
(4.14) 		94.5
(3.72) 		108.5
(4.27) 		103.7
(4.08) 		102.2
(4.02) 		1,143.1
(45.00)
Source: 1961–1990 Environment Canada[4]

References

  1. ^ "Comfort Cove-Newstead 2021 Census Profile". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Comfort Cove-Newstead". 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ Environment Canada—1961–1990. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

49°23′57.50″N 54°51′51.09″W / 49.3993056°N 54.8641917°W / 49.3993056; -54.8641917


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