Aquaforte

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Aquaforte | other_name = | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | pushpin_map = Newfoundland | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Aquaforte in Newfoundland | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{NL}} | subdivision_type3 =  | subdivision_name3 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1972 | established_title3 =  | established_date3 = | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Deborah Windsor | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 =  | leader_name2 = | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_note = | population_footnotes = <ref name="2021census"/> | population_total = 74 | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = Newfoundland Time | utc_offset = -3:30 | timezone_DST = Newfoundland Daylight | utc_offset_DST = -2:30 | coordinates = {{coord|47|00|22|N|52|57|34|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_ft = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type =  | postal_code =  | area_code = 709 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = {{jct|province=NL|NL|10}} | website = | footnotes = }} '''Aquaforte''' is a town on the south shore of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The town's economy has always rested primarily on fishing. The harbour has been used as a seasonal fishing station since the 1670s. British and French hostilities played out in harbors all along the Avalon Peninsula in the 18th century, and Aquaforte was no exception. However, the first permanent residents did not settle in Aquaforte until the early 1800s.<ref name = "EON">{{cite book|last=Smallwood|first=Joseph R.|title=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador|year=1981|publisher=Newfoundland Book Publishers|location=St. John's|isbn=0-920508-14-6|pages=56–57|edition=1. ed., 3. print.}}</ref> It is located {{Convert|4|mi|km|abbr=out}} from Ferryland and {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=out}} from St. John's by water. It has one of the safest harbors in the island and cod was its main industry. In 1902 a resident from Norway, Anders Ellefsen, constructed a factory to process whales in the community. The plant operated for a few years but had to shut down around 1908 because of a decline in the whale population.<ref name = "EON" /> It was incorporated as a community in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|title=Irish Loop Community Profile|url=http://www.municipalitiesnl.com/userfiles/files/Irish%20Loop%20Regional%20Profile.pdf|publisher=Municipalities NL|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref>

The Aquaforte post office's postal code, A0A 1A0, is the lowest (alphabetically and numerically first) of any central office in Canada.

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aquaforte had a population of {{val|74|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|43|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|63|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:74-80}}|80|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|80|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|6.88|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|74|6.88|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:15%;" !Census !Population |- |1836 |125<ref name = "EON" /> |- |1869 |213<ref name = "EON" /> |- |1891 |172<ref name = "EON" /> |- |1921 |233<ref>{{cite web|title=Newfoundland 1921 Census - Aquaforte|url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1921/21-aquaforte-fer.shtml|publisher=Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> |- |1996 |172<ref name = "Statscan2001">{{cite web|title=2001 Community Profile - Aquaforte|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1001144&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&Data=Count&SearchText=aquaforte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> |- |2001 |133<ref name = "Statscan2001" /> |- |2006 |103<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Community Profiles - Aquaforte|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1001144&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&Data=Count&SearchText=aquaforte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> |- |2011 |83<ref>{{cite web|title=Census Profile - Aquaforte|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1001144&Geo2=CD&Code2=1001&Data=Count&SearchText=aquaforte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> |- |2016 |80<ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Aquaforte, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1001144&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&SearchText=aquaforte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> |}

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Category:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Populated coastal places in Canada Category:Fishing communities in Canada

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