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Musgravetown | |
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Town | |
  Musgravetown Location of Musgravetown Show map of Newfoundland Musgravetown Musgravetown (Canada) Show map of Canada | |
| Coordinates:48°24′51″N53°53′32″W / 48.41417°N 53.89222°W /48.41417; -53.89222 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Settled | 1863 |
| Population (2021[1]) | |
• Total | 561 |
| Time zone | UTC−03:30 (NST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−02:30 (NDT) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 233 |
Musgravetown (pop: 561 in 2021) an incorporated municipality in the sheltered southwest corner ofBonavista Bay on the northeast coast of the island ofNewfoundland of the Canadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Musgravetown had a population of561 living in246 of its301 total private dwellings, a change of-0.5% from its 2016 population of564. With a land area of 13.49 km2 (5.21 sq mi), it had a population density of41.6/km2 (107.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 567 | — |
| 1956 | 570 | +0.5% |
| 1961 | 597 | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 597 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 586 | −1.8% |
| 1976 | 641 | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 635 | −0.9% |
| 1986 | 717 | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 726 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 687 | −5.4% |
| 2001 | 640 | −6.8% |
| 2006 | 583 | −8.9% |
| 2011 | 556 | −4.6% |
| 2016 | 564 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 561 | −0.5% |
