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  Cormack Location of Cormack inNewfoundland | |
| Coordinates:49°17′31″N57°24′42″W / 49.29194°N 57.41167°W /49.29194; -57.41167 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Area | |
| • Land | 133.88 km2 (51.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 492[1] |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 422 |
| Website | townofcormack |
Cormack is a farming community on theGreat Northern Peninsula ofNewfoundland.
After theSecond World War, theCommission of Government allocated more than 12,000 hectares of land in theHumber River valley to returningwar veterans. The men had to apply (163 of 217 applications were approved) and have farming experience, or be willing to take a 12-month training on the mainland. Families were provided with 20 hectares of land, a six-room house and seed money to fund buying livestock, farm equipment and a barn. By 1948, 96 farms had been started and the community named Cormack after explorerWilliam Epps Cormack.
After a period of growth in the 1950s the population began to decline in the 1970s, with residents moving from farming to construction and other types of work. Most farms had failed because of problems getting food produced to viable markets, compounded by high costs of feed, fertilizer and transportation. By the 1976 census, there were only 20 farms while most residents worked in neighbouringDeer Lake orCorner Brook.
In 1979, the Department of Rural, Agricultural and Northern Development built and equipped a centralized vegetable processing building at Cormack in an effort to combat potatodumping by mainland producers. The current government of Newfoundland runs a 243 hectare community pasture[3] at Cormack, the largest of 30 throughout Newfoundland, providing cheapgrazing for thecattle andsheep of the Cormack farmers and allowing the farmers' own land to besown for winter feed. The government also providesveterinary services,mineral supplements, a programme of spraying and dusting forparasites, and the services of apurebred bull at the communitypasture.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Cormack had a population of492 living in206 of its230 total private dwellings, a change of-17.6% from its 2016 population of597. With a land area of 133.65 km2 (51.60 sq mi), it had a population density of3.7/km2 (9.5/sq mi) in 2021.[1][2]
49°17′31″N57°24′42″W / 49.29194°N 57.41167°W /49.29194; -57.41167 (Cormack)
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