As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Tors Cove recorded a population of 300 living in 136 of its 257 total private dwellings, a change of -33.2% from its 2011 population of 449. With a land area of 9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.7/km2 (84.7/sq mi) in 2016.[3]
Economy
Throughout its history, its economy was sustained through the cod fishery and was the site of a codfish processing plant until the moratorium in 1991. It is also the site of a hydroelectric dam (located on Tors Cove pond) and power plant.
Tors Cove is a local service district (LSD)[5] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[6] The chair of the LSD committee is Hannah Power.[5]
^"Tors Cove". Co-production of Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive and the Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Tors Cove recorded a population of 300 living in 136 of its 257 total private dwellings, a change of -33.2% from its 2011 population of 449. With a land area of 9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.7/km2 (84.7/sq mi) in 2016.[3]
Economy
Throughout its history, its economy was sustained through the cod fishery and was the site of a codfish processing plant until the moratorium in 1991. It is also the site of a hydroelectric dam (located on Tors Cove pond) and power plant.
Tors Cove is a local service district (LSD)[5] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[6] The chair of the LSD committee is Hannah Power.[5]
^"Tors Cove". Co-production of Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive and the Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place. Retrieved 23 April 2020.