Originally named Peters Arm, the community was incorporated as the Town of Peterview in 1962. The mayor is Jim Samson and the deputy mayor is Pleman Brown. According to the 2001 Statistics Canadacensus, Peterview has a population of 807 with 266[1] private dwellings.
Peterview has connections to Demasduit, also known as Mary March, a figure in Newfoundland history and one of the last Beothuks, as John Peyton, one of her captors, built the first house in the area.[2]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peterview had a population of 723 living in 279 of its 288 total private dwellings, a change of -12.7% from its 2016 population of 828. With a land area of 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 114.0/km2 (295.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
