Lourdes, Newfoundland and Labrador

Lourdes Doors
Town
Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 463

Lourdes is a

Canada 2016 Census. The current mayor of Lourdes is Henry Gaudon.^[2]^[3]

The earliest settlers in the area came from

Mi’kmaq

women as wives.

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, a

Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus the Redeemer. Later came a walkway, benches, and delicately carved Stations of the Cross. A rosary made of donated fishing buoys provides a nautical link between the parish and the sea.^[4]^[5]

The site is a tourist attraction.

In 2015, a Chase the Ace lottery at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish received national attention due to the large jackpot.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lourdes had a population of 502 living in 227 of its 264 total private dwellings, a change of 8% from its 2016 population of 465. With a land area of 7.39 km² (2.85 sq mi), it had a population density of 67.9/km² (175.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Newfoundland and Labrador Municipalities Directory". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ "Lourdes Mayor Henry Gaudon resigns; deputy mayor Anne Bullen shocked". SaltWire Network. Oct 10, 2017. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ "Our Lady of Lourdes Parish celebrates 100 years | SaltWire".
^ "Lourdes Land Settlement Site Municipal Heritage Site". HistoricPlaces.ca. 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
^ "Lourdes man takes home $329,460 in Chase the Ace | SaltWire".
^ "Lourdes' Sheldon Greene takes $329K prize at Chase the Ace". CBC News. August 17, 2015.
^ "Fundraiser gone wild: thousands flock to Lourdes for Chase the Ace lottery". CBC News. August 11, 2015.

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v t e Division No. 4, Newfoundland and Labrador (St. George's)
Towns	Cape St. George Gallants Kippens Lourdes Port au Port East Port au Port West–Aguathuna–Felix Cove St. George's Stephenville Stephenville Crossing
Unorganized subdivisions	Subdivision A Subdivision B Subdivision C Subdivision D Subdivision E
Designated places	Barachois Brook Bay St. George South Benoits Siding Black Duck Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse Campbells Creek Flat Bay Fox Island River-Point au Mal Great Codroy Mainland Mattis Point Millville to Cape Anguille O'Regan's Central Piccadilly Head Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove Searston Sheaves Cove Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose St. Andrews St. Teresa Stephenville Crossing Three Rock Cove Tompkins Upper Ferry West Bay
Unincorporated communities	Boswarlos Codroy Heatherton Highlands Jeffrey's Loch Leven McKay's Millville Robinsons St. David's St. Fintan's South Branch Upper Ferry
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