Rushoon

Rushoon
Town
Rushoon Location of Rushoon in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°21′27″N 54°54′53″W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Incorporated	January 18, 1966
Population  (2021)
• Total	229
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 210

Rushoon is a town located north east of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established there in 1955 and the first postmaster was Ambrose Joseph Miller. It became a Local Government Community on January 18, 1966.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rushoon had a population of 229 living in 114 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of -6.5% from its 2016 population of 245. With a land area of 5.89 km² (2.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 38.9/km² (100.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

References

1. "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.