Hermitage-Sandyville
Town
Hermitage-Sandyville is located in Newfoundland
Hermitage-Sandyville
Hermitage-Sandyville
Location of Hermitage-Sandyville in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°33′N 55°56′W / 47.550°N 55.933°W / 47.550; -55.933
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Government
 • MayorSteven Crewe
 • MHAElvis Loveless (LIB)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
404
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 364
Websitehttp://www.hermitage-sandyville.ca/

Hermitage-Sandyville is a small town on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 404 people in the 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 town is 215 kilometres (134 mi) southwest of Grand Falls-Windsor.[3]

The school in Hermitage is John Watkins Academy, where students of both Hermitage-Sandyville and Seal Cove attend.[4] The school mascot is the JWA Rebels. Students in this school (currently 31 students) range from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Hermitage is the location of the ferry port for servicing the isolated outports of Gaultois and McCallum.[5][6][7] The community is 50km Northwest of Harbour Breton.

Name

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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.[8]

Demographics

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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.[9]

References

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  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. ^ "Thousands of people in a huge stretch of southern Newfoundland are losing their last doctor". CBC News. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022. It's tough news for communities connected to Route 360 in the Coast of Bays area that rely on the hospital because the facility will be put on full diversion: ambulances will now have to travel over 200 kilometres north to the nearest hospital, in Grand-Falls Windsor.
  4. ^ Hunt, Clayton. "Schools adjusting to lower enrolments | SaltWire". Saltwire.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ Hillier, Bernice (Jan 17, 2019). "Isolated towns fear new ferry contract will be the same old boat". CBC News. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "McCallum votes on resettlement: 'It's a dying community'". CBC News. Jun 1, 2015. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  8. ^ Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 216. ISBN 0802075703.
  9. ^ "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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