Buchans Junction

Location of Buchans Junction in Newfoundland and Labrador

Buchans Junction is a

Asarco subsidiary, the Buchans Mining Company, completed a rail link from the newly formed mining town of Buchans

. Ever since 1927, even after the Buchans Railway closed in 1977, the community has been known as "Buchans Junction".

The town is located approximately 42 kilometres southwest of the Trans-Canada Highway on Route 370. According to Statistics Canada, it had a population of 79 in 2011, with 45 private dwellings.

Premier of Newfoundland

, was born in Buchans Junction in 1937.

Geography

Buchans Junction is in Newfoundland within Subdivision A of Division No. 6.^[1]

Demographics

As a designated place in the

2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Buchans Junction recorded a population of 72 living in 38 of its 54 total private dwellings, a change of -8.9% from its 2011 population of 79. With a land area of 8.07 km² (3.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.9/km² (23.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[2]

Government

Buchans Junction is a local service district (LSD)[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.^[4]

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.
^ "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[2016census2-1] "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.

[2016census-2] "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.

[LSD-3] "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[LSDfaqs-4] "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

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v t e Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador (Central Newfoundland)
Towns	Appleton Badger Bishop's Falls Botwood Buchans Gander Glenwood Grand Falls–Windsor Millertown Norris Arm Northern Arm Peterview
Unorganized subdivisions	Subdivision A Subdivision C Subdivision D Subdivision E
Designated places	Benton Buchans Junction Norris Arm North
See also: Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador

Geography

Demographics

Government

See also

References