Point May
This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2020) |
Point May | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates: Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Country | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Province | File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 254 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 220 |
Point May is the most southerly community on the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of 254 in 2021.[1] It is a Catholic community with a church, town hall, fire hall, softball and soccer field. It is known for its close proximity, 19 km (12 mi), to the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, where the smuggling of liquor and tobacco has been a way of life since before Canada was a country.[2][3][4] The tiny Canadian Green Island lies 10 km (6 mi) west of Point May, roughly halfway to St. Pierre.[5]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Point May had a population of 254 living in 123 of its 134 total private dwellings, a change of 10% from its 2016 population of 231. With a land area of 63.25 km2 (24.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.0/km2 (10.4/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada's Media in World War II, p. 59, at Google Books By Mark Bourrie
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
.svg){kind=link}
