Fogo Island | |
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Town | |
Town of 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 |
Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The 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]
In 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 data for Fogo Island (1981–2010, extremes 1873–2004) | |||||||||||||
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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] |
Fogo Island is accessible by ferry or air. [26] [27] The local airstrip is the Fogo Aerodrome. [26]