Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Fogo Island | |
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Town | |
| Town of Fogo Island | |
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  Fogo Island Location of Fogo Island in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′30″N 54°10′57″W / 49.65833°N 54.18250°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Incorporated[2] | March 1, 2011 |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 2,117 |
| Time zone | UTC-03:30 (NST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:30 (NDT) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  MV Veteran Route 333 Route 334 |
| Website | Town of Fogo Island |
History
editThe Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four towns – Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom and Tilting – with the unincorporated balance of the Fogo Island.[2]
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fogo Island had a population of 2,117 living in 964 of its 1,450 total private dwellings, a change of -5.7% from its 2016 population of 2,244. With a land area of 238.25 km2 (91.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.9/km2 (23.0/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
| Name | Former status |
Population (2016) |
Population (2011) |
Per cent change (%) |
Occupied dwellings |
Private dwellings |
Land area (km²) |
Population density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fogo[4] | Town | 658 | 658 | 0.0 | 289 | 349 | 5.92 | 111.2 |
| Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay[4] | Town | 630 | 685 | -8.0 | 282 | 399 | 26.02 | 24.2 |
| Seldom-Little Seldom[5] | Town | 386 | 427 | -9.6 | 151 | 180 | 14.60 | 26.4 |
| Tilting[5] | Town | 173 | 204 | -15.2 | 84 | 152 | 17.63 | 9.8 |
| Balance of Fogo Island[6] | Unincorporated | 397 | 421 | -5.7 | 979 | 1,460 | 173.48 | 2.3 |
| Fogo Island[6] | 2,244 | 2,395 | -6.3 | 979 | 1,460 | 237.65 | 9.4 | |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Fogo Island (1981–2010, extremes 1873–2004) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.5 (4.11) |
104.2 (4.10) |
99.9 (3.93) |
86.4 (3.40) |
78.7 (3.10) |
82.3 (3.24) |
91.0 (3.58) |
102.4 (4.03) |
111.8 (4.40) |
116.9 (4.60) |
101.5 (4.00) |
107.3 (4.22) |
1,187 (46.73) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17.4 (0.69) |
21.9 (0.86) |
33.4 (1.31) |
55.0 (2.17) |
74.9 (2.95) |
80.6 (3.17) |
91.0 (3.58) |
102.4 (4.03) |
111.8 (4.40) |
114.2 (4.50) |
85.5 (3.37) |
48.9 (1.93) |
837.1 (32.96) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 87.1 (34.3) |
82.4 (32.4) |
66.5 (26.2) |
31.4 (12.4) |
3.7 (1.5) |
1.7 (0.7) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.7 (1.1) |
16.0 (6.3) |
58.4 (23.0) |
349.9 (137.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 191.3 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 13.9 | 9.2 | 141.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 0.93 | 0.15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.50 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 61.1 |
| Source: Environment Canada[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
editFogo Island is accessible by ferry or air.[26][27] The local airstrip is the Fogo Aerodrome.[26]
Notable people
edit- Zita Cobb – founder of Shorefast
- Rob Furlong - world record holder for longest recorded sniper kill March 2002 - November 2009
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fogo Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2011 to January 1, 2012 (Table 1 - Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. November 14, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Fogo, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Seldom-Little Seldom, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Tilting, Town [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Fogo Island Region (Part), Region [Dissolved census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Fogo Island, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved March 9, 2015. [dead link]
- ^ "Daily Data Report for April 1986". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. 17 February 2022.
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- ^ a b "Travel to Fogo Island". Town of Fogo Island. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.