The original name Ferrol Zaharra was given by the
Basque fishermen and been translated in English later on. The former name of Old Ferrole was changed on June 11, 1965.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Plum Point recorded a population of 112 living in 52 of its 71 total private dwellings, a change of -12.5% from its 2011 population of 128. With a land area of 2.45 km2 (0.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 45.7/km2 (118.4/sq mi) in 2016.[2]
Government
Plum Point is a local service district (LSD)[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Ben Coombs.[3]
The original name Ferrol Zaharra was given by the
Basque fishermen and been translated in English later on. The former name of Old Ferrole was changed on June 11, 1965.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Plum Point recorded a population of 112 living in 52 of its 71 total private dwellings, a change of -12.5% from its 2011 population of 128. With a land area of 2.45 km2 (0.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 45.7/km2 (118.4/sq mi) in 2016.[2]
Government
Plum Point is a local service district (LSD)[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Ben Coombs.[3]