Designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The Goulds is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . It is a rural neighbourhood within the City of St. John's southeast of the city centre.
History
The Goulds was an incorporated community up until 1991, at which time it was amalgamated with Wedgewood Park and Kilbride into the City of St. John's.
Geography
The Goulds is in the City of St. John's on the island of Newfoundland within Division No. 1 .[ 1]
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , The Goulds recorded a population of 4418 living in 1676 of its 1724 total private dwellings, a change of -2.4% from its 2011 population of 4525. With a land area of 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 720.7/km2 (1,866.7/sq mi) in 2016.[ 2]
Arts and culture
The Goulds is known for having had two residents appear as contestants Canada's Worst Driver : Jillian Kieley (née Matthews) (in Season 11 ), and Ashley Dunne (in Season 13 ).
Transportation
Some of the highways going through the Goulds include:
Main Road (Route 10); link to Kilbride and into downtown St. John's
Petty Harbour Road (Route 11); link to Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove , Cape Spear , and also into downtown St. John's
Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive (Route 3); currently links to Mount Pearl (at Route 2 , Pitts Memorial Drive) and will eventually link with new route known as Bifurcation Road
In addition, the Goulds is served by the Metrobus public transportation system, with service connecting with the neighbourhood of Kilbride and The Village Shopping Centre.
Education
The community has three schools: Goulds Elementary for grades K-5, St. Kevin's Junior High School for grades 6–8, and St. Kevin's High School for grades 9-12.
Notable people
See also
References
^ "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)" . Statistics Canada . February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021 .
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)" . Statistics Canada . February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021 .
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Subdivisions and statistical units Communities Cities Local service districts (LSDs) and designated places (DPLs)
Both LSDs and DPLs
Aspen Cove
Barachois Brook
Bartlett's Harbour
Bay St. George South
Beaches
Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula
Beau Bois
Bellevue
Bellevue Beach
Benoits Siding
Benton
Birchy Cove
Black Duck
Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse
Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula
Black Tickle
Blaketown
Boyd's Cove
Bridgeport
Brig Bay
Brigus South
Brown's Arm
Buchans Junction
Bunyan's Cove
Burgoyne's Cove
Burnside-St. Chads
Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South
Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay
Calvert
Campbells Creek
Canning's Cove
Cape Freels North
Cape Ray
Caplin Cove-Southport
Castor River North
Castor River South
Cavendish
Chanceport
Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay
Cobb's Arm
Cottrell's Cove
Deadman's Bay
Deep Bight
Diamond Cove
Dildo
Dunfield
Eddies Cove West
Epworth-Great Salmonier
Fairbanks-Hillgrade
Fairhaven
Flat Bay
Forest Field-New Bridge
Forresters Point
Fox Island River-Point au Mal
Fox Roost-Margaree
Francois
Freshwater, Conception Bay
Gander Bay North
Gander Bay South
Garden Cove
Georgetown
Glovers Harbour
Goobies
Grates Cove
Great Brehat
Great Codroy
Green Island Brook
Green's Harbour
Grey River
Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East
Harry's Harbour
Herring Neck
Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight
Hodge's Cove
Hopeall
Horwood
Indian Cove
Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale
Jean de Baie
La Poile
Lance Cove, Bell Island
L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon
Laurenceton
Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay
Little Rapids
Little St. Lawrence
Lodge Bay
Loon Bay
Lower Lance Cove
Main Point-Davidsville
Mainland
Makinsons
Markland
Marysvale
Mattis Point
McCallum
Merritt's Harbour
Mobile
Moreton's Harbour
Nameless Cove
New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove
New Harbour, Trinity Bay
Newman's Cove
Newville
Noggin Cove
Norman's Bay
Norris Arm North
North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay
O'Donnells
Old Shop
Open Hall-Red Cliffe
O'Regan's Central
Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove
Pensons Arm
Petit Forte
Petley
Phillips Head
Piccadilly Head
Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove
Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe
Pleasantview
Plum Point
Pollard's Point
Port Albert
Portland Creek
Purcell's Harbour
Pynns Brook
Random Island West
Random Sound West
Rattling Brook
Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle
Roaches Line
Rock Harbour
Searston
Sheaves Cove
Sheppardville
Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula
Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose
Smith's Harbour
Smith's Sound
Sop's Arm
South Dildo
South East Bight
Spanish Room
Spillars Cove
St Andrews
St. Anthony Bight
St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's
St. Judes
St Patricks
St. Teresa
Stanhope
Stoneville
Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay
Swift Current
Thornlea
Three Rock Cove
Tizzard's Harbour
Tompkins
Tors Cove
Upper Amherst Cove
Upper Ferry
Valley Pond
Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove
West Bay
Wild Cove, White Bay
William's Harbour
LSDs onlyDPLs only
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