Swift Current, Newfoundland and Labrador
Human settlement in Canada
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Swift Current is a community and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Swift Current is located approximately 20 km southwest of Goobies.[1] It is a part of the local service district of Swift Current-Black River.[2]
Swift Current is a community represented within the Qalipu First Nation.[3]
Geography
Swift Current is in Newfoundland within Subdivision K of Division No. 2.[4] It is on Mouse Islet to the northeast of the Burin Peninsula between Grand Le Pierre and Goobies, 5 kilometres west of the Black River. The Burin Peninsula Highway (Route 210) passes through Swift Current.
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Swift Current recorded a population of 207 living in 91 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of −0.5% from its 2011 population of 208. With a land area of 10.62 km2 (4.10 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.5/km2 (50.5/sq mi) in 2016.[5]