Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

Not to be confused with Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Stephenville
Town
Overlooking the town of Stephenville
Overlooking the town of Stephenville
Official seal of Stephenville
Seal
Stephenville is located in Newfoundland
Stephenville
Stephenville
Location of Stephenville in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 48°33′N 58°34′W / 48.550°N 58.567°W / 48.550; -58.567
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Incorporated1952
Government
 • MayorTom Rose [1]
 • Governing bodyStephenville Town Council
 • MHATony Wakeham (PC)
 • MPGudie Hutchings (Lib)
Area
 • Total
35.69 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Elevation
0 - 74 m (0 - 243 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
6,540
 • Density185.6/km2 (481/sq mi)
 [2]
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Postal code span
A2N
Area code709
Telephone Exchange214, 283, 643, 649, 641 and 721
Median Family Income*$61,184
NTS Map012B10
GNBC CodeAAXZD
Highways Route 460
Route 490
WebsiteTown of Stephenville official website
  • Median income in 2015 - All census economic families ($)

Stephenville (Canada 2021 Census population 6,540)[2] is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland.

The town functions as a local service centre for the southwestern part of the island, serving a direct population of 35,000 people from surrounding areas and over 100,000 people along the entire southwestern coast of the island.[3]

The primary employer in the town was a paper mill, which closed in 2005.

Stephenville has a modern 40-bed hospital (built in 2003), schools, grocery stores, a movie theatre, four banks, an International Airport (Stephenville International Airport, CYJT, now named Dymond International Airport), year round ice free sea port (Port Harmon), and many government institutions. The provincial community college system, College of the North Atlantic, is headquartered in Stephenville and maintains a campus there for students from the southwestern region of the island. The Newfoundland and Labrador Public Library system is also headquartered in Stephenville.[4] A provincial minimum/medium security facility was established in 1978 and provides core programs for federal and provincial offenders at the West Coast Corrections Centre (W.C.C.C)[5]

  1. ^ "Staff Directory".
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Catchment area". Stephenville Economic Development Committee. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Library Office Contacts - Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries".
  5. ^ "Institutional Services". 12 December 2019.