Old Shop is alocal service district anddesignated place in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador. It is on the western side of theDildo Arm, at the southern end of Trinity Bay. It is northwest ofSouth Dildo, across the Dildo Arm fromDildo proper.
Old Shop was first used as a centre for cutting ships'timber and was simply called "The Old Chop" by those that worked there. Local tradition states the name comes from mistranslation of "Old Chop" and happened when the town was first settled for permanent living.
Old Shop is inNewfoundland withinSubdivision Y ofDivision No. 1.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Old Shop recorded a population of 209 living in 90 of its 161 total private dwellings, a change of-5% from its 2011 population of 220. With a land area of 2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi), it had a population density of72.8/km2 (188.6/sq mi) in 2016.[2]
Old Shop 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 Jeffrey Garland.[3]
47°32′00″N53°35′00″W / 47.53333°N 53.58333°W /47.53333; -53.58333
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