Corner Brook

Corner Brook
City of Corner Brook
Overlooking City of Corner Brook
Overlooking City of Corner Brook
Flag of Corner Brook
Coat of arms of Corner Brook
Motto: 
"Our Spirit... Your Success" [citation needed]
Corner Brook is located in Newfoundland
Corner Brook
Corner Brook
Location of Corner Brook in Newfoundland
Corner Brook is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
Corner Brook
Corner Brook
Corner Brook (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Coordinates: 48°57′N 57°57′W / 48.950°N 57.950°W / 48.950; -57.950
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Census division5
Amalgamation1956
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • MayorJim Parsons
 • MHAGerry Byrne (L)
Eddie Joyce (IND)
 • MPGudie Hutchings (L)
Area
 • City
148.26 km2 (57.24 sq mi)
 • Metro
255.10 km2 (98.49 sq mi)
Elevation
0 - 304 m (0 – 998 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • City
19,333
 • Metro
29,762
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 1 (TCH)
Route 440

Route 450

Route 450A
Websitecornerbrook.com

Corner Brook (2021 population: 19,333[1] CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the largest outside the Avalon Peninsula.[2]

Located on the Bay of Islands at the mouth of the Humber River, the city is the second-largest population centre in the province behind St. John's,[3] and smallest of three cities behind St. John's and Mount Pearl.[4] As such, Corner Brook functions as a service centre for western and northern Newfoundland. It is located on the same latitude as Gaspé, Quebec, a city of similar size and landscape on the other side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Corner Brook is the most northern city in Atlantic Canada.

It is the administrative headquarters of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nations band government.[5] The Mi'kmaq name for the nearby Humber River is "Maqtukwek."[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Corner Brook, City [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "N.L. the only province to see population drop since 2016, says new census". Cbc.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data: Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 28, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data: Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 28, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Qalipu – Qalipu First Nation Band". qalipu.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Regional Language Studies...Newfoundland" (PDF). Memorial University of Newfoundland. August 15, 1978. p. 10. Retrieved October 16, 2019.