Rock Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

Rock Harbour
Rock Harbour
Local service district / designated place
	Rock Harbour
	Coordinates: 47°11′N 55°03′W / 47.183°N 55.050°W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Population
• Total	61

Rock Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is east of Marystown on Placentia Bay.

History

Rock Harbour had a population of 149 with 40 households in 1921^[1] and 142 in 1956. The population as of the 2011 Canada census was 66.^[2]

Geography

Rock Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision D of Division No. 2.^[3]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rock Harbour recorded a population of 54 living in 24 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of -18.2% from its 2011 population of 66. The population is around 43 as of 2023. With a land area of 7.36 km² (2.84 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km² (19.0/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

Economy

A major employer at one point was a nearby fish processing plant operated by FPI then OCI (closed as of 2011)^[5] in Marystown and at the Peter Kiewit and Sons Marystown and Cow Head Facilities,^[6] but most of the population rely on work elsewhere in the province and country working as skilled tradespersons.

Government

Rock Harbour is a local service district (LSD)^[7] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.^[8] The chair of the LSD committee is Clyde Hooper.^[7]