Grand Falls-Windsor

Grand Falls-Windsor
Official seal of Grand Falls-Windsor
Motto(s): 
"E Silva Surrexi"  (Latin)
"'I arose out of the forest"
Grand Falls-Windsor is located in Newfoundland
Grand Falls-Windsor
Grand Falls-Windsor
Location of Grand Falls-Windsor in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 48°56′13″N 55°38′42″W / 48.93694°N 55.64500°W / 48.93694; -55.64500
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Census divisionDivision No. 6
IncorporatedJanuary 1, 1991
Government
 • MayorBarry Manuel (since 2015)[1]
 • MHAChris Tibbs (PC)
Pleaman Forsey (PC)
 • MPClifford Small (CPC)
Area
 • Land54.67 km2 (21.11 sq mi)
Elevation
48 m (157 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total13,853
 • Density259.2/km2 (671/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−03:30 (Newfoundland Standard Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−02:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Canadian Postal code
Area code709
Highways Route 1 (TCH)
WebsiteTown of Grand Falls-Windsor

Grand Falls-Windsor is a town located in the central region of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of 13,853 at the 2021 census. The town is the largest in the central region, the sixth largest in the province, and is home to the annual Exploits Valley Salmon Festival.[3] Grand Falls-Windsor was incorporated in 1991, when the two former towns of Grand Falls and Windsor amalgamated.

Grand Falls-Windsor is one of two major population centres in Central Newfoundland. The town is known as "Qapskuk" in the Mi'kmaq language.[4]

  1. ^ "Town Council". Grand Falls-Windsor. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Grand Falls-Windsor, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Exploits Valley Salmon Festival". Town of Grand Falls-Windsor. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Mi'kma'ki Placenames". Retrieved October 19, 2019.