Morell is located on St. Peter's Bay, two kilometres inland from St. Peter's Bay, a sub-basin of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence. The local economy is centred on farming (wild
blueberry farms), fishing (
Lobster), aquaculture (
Mussels), and tourism. It was incorporated in 1953.
Most of the area residents are of
Scottish,
English,
Irish, or
French descent.[3] The first inhabitants of the community of Morell were
Maritime Archaic Indians followed by the
Mi'kmaq Nation. The Morell River was known to the
Mi'kmaq as Pogooseemkekseboo, meaning "clam ground river".
The community was named for Jean Francois Morel who settled in the area in 1720-21, having arrived from
Saint-Malo, France.[4] Local attractions include the nearby Rodd Crowbush Golf & Beach Resort.
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Morell had a population of 269 living in 119 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of -9.4% from its 2016 population of 297. With a land area of 1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 180.5/km2 (467.6/sq mi) in 2021.[15]
^"Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961".
1961 Census of Canada(PDF). Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa:
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 8, 1963. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
^"Table 2: Population of Census Subdivisions, 1921–1971".
1971 Census of Canada(PDF). Population. Vol. Census Subdivisions (Historical). Ottawa:
Statistics Canada. July 1973. Retrieved February 2, 2022.