Hermitage-Sandyville

Coordinates: 47°33′N 55°56′W / 47.550°N 55.933°W / 47.550; -55.933
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Hermitage-Sandyville
Town
Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 364
Websitehttp://www.hermitage-sandyville.ca/

Hermitage-Sandyville is a small

2021 Census. The main source of income for the community is provided by the aquaculture industry,[1] the local salmon plant[2]
and fishing.

The school in Hermitage is John Watkins Academy, where students of both Hermitage-Sandyville and Seal Cove attend.[3] The school mascot is the JWA Rebels. Students in this school (currently 37 students) range from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Hermitage is the location of the

Gaultois and McCallum.[4][5][6]

Name

Channel Island settlers noted the resemblance of an offshore island to Hermitage Rock, a tidal island off the coast of

Saint Helier, Jersey. This rock was the supposed location of Saint Helier's hermitage. Both the town and the bay are named after that rock.[7]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hermitage-Sandyville had a population of 404 living in 189 of its 219 total private dwellings, a change of −4.3% from its 2016 population of 422. With a land area of 29.14 km2 (11.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 13.9/km2 (35.9/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Aquaculture in the Coast of Bays region, Newfoundland and Labrador". Fisheries And Oceans Canada. 16 February 2011. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hermitage salmon plant begins operations under Cooke". CBC News. 3 July 2014.
  3. ^ Hunt, Clayton. "Schools adjusting to lower enrolments | SaltWire". Saltwire.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ Hillier, Bernice (Jan 17, 2019). "Isolated towns fear new ferry contract will be the same old boat". CBC News. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "McCallum votes on resettlement: 'It's a dying community'". CBC News. Jun 1, 2015. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  7. ISBN 0802075703
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  8. ^ "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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