Fox Cove-Mortier
Town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Fox Cove-Mortier is a town east of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Burin Peninsula. It was traditionally supported by the fishing industry, and has a long and storied history in the fish trade between Newfoundland and the Caribbean.
Fox Cove-Mortier | |
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  Fox Cove-Mortier Location of Fox Cove-Mortier in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 47°5′33.23″N 55°6′12.50″W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 252 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Postal code span | a0e |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 221 |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fox Cove-Mortier had a population of 252 living in 119 of its 148 total private dwellings, a change of -14.6% from its 2016 population of 295. With a land area of 25.39 km2 (9.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.9/km2 (25.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
