Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador

Division No. 8
Division No. 8
Census division
	Coordinates: 48°25′12″N 53°52′48″W / 48.42000°N 53.88000°W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Area
• Total	9,314.57 km2 (3,596.38 sq mi)
	As of 2016
Population (2016)
• Total	35,794
• Density	3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi)

Division No. 8 is a census division on the north coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has a land area of 9,314.57 km² (3,596.4 sq mi) and had a population of 33,940 at the 2016 census.^[2] Its largest communities are the towns of Lewisporte, Springdale, and Twillingate.

Towns

Demographics

Historical populations
Division No. 8, NL
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	38,937	—
2011	37,121	−4.7%
2016	35,794	−3.6%
2021	33,940	−5.2%
^[1]^[3]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 8 had a population of 33,940 living in 15,385 of its 21,721 total private dwellings, a change of -5.2% from its 2016 population of 35,794. With a land area of 9,234.94 km² (3,565.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.7/km² (9.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]