Jackson's Arm | |
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| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 277 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
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Jackson's Arm is atown in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador, located onWhite Bay. It was settled by John Wicks ofChristchurch, England, around 1870. The Post Office was established in 1892 and the first Postmistress was Belinda Peddle. The town had a population of 435 in 1956 and 277 as of the2021 Canadian census. The primary industry of the town is fishing. In 2012, the local fish plant closed.[1]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Jackson's Arm had a population of277 living in125 of its169 total private dwellings, a change of-2.5% from its 2016 population of284. With a land area of 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi), it had a population density of39.2/km2 (101.5/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
49°52′N56°47′W / 49.867°N 56.783°W /49.867; -56.783
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