Pinware Pied Noir | |
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Town | |
%2c_Canada.JPG) Pinware, NL | |
  Pinware | |
| Coordinates:51°37′19″N56°42′50″W / 51.62194°N 56.71389°W /51.62194; -56.71389 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Incorporated | 1978 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Mayor | Kayla Beals |
| • Town Clerk | Mary Ellen Butt |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 64 |
| Time zone | UTC-03:30 (NST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:30 (NDT) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) |
Pinware is atown in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador. The town has a population of 64, according to theCanada 2021 Census.[1]
The town is located alongRoute 510 inLabrador, betweenL'Anse-au-Diable andRed Bay.
The community has been formerly known as Riviere des François, Pirouette River, and Black Bay. It is believed the name is a corruption of Pied Noir (black foot) from the shape of a rock found at the mouth of Black Rock Brook.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Pinware had a population of64 living in28 of its31 total private dwellings, a change of-27.3% from its 2016 population of88. With a land area of 4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi), it had a population density of15.7/km2 (40.6/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
Its 2016 census count of 88 was a decrease from its 2011 population of 107.[2]
Pinware was once a fishing community.[3]
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