Population Totals for Central Newfoundland 1901-1986

Town 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986
Grand Falls   1634 3768 4244 4552 5064 6064 6605 7451 7677 8729 8765 9121
Windsor (Grand Falls Station)   Incl. with Grand Falls Incl. with Grand Falls 1447 2772 3674 4520 5505 6692 6644 6349 5747 5545
Grand Falls and Windsor       5691 7324 8738 10584 12110 14143 14321 15078 14512 14666
Millertown 147 232 339 380 345 586 363 365 355 316 273 228 214
Botwood 541 852 1018 1090 2744 3421 3894 3680 4277 4115 4554 4074 3916
Badger 23 136 284 449 911 872 988 1036 1192 1187 1160 1090 1151
Bishop’s Falls 20 343 843 1882 2522 3139 3393 4099 4127 4133 4504 4395 4213
Terra Nova       64 102 180 202 194 151 107 88 62 47
Total 731 3197 6245 9594 13948 16,936 19,424 21,484 24245 24129 25657 24361 24207

Compiled from the 1901, 1911, 1921, 1935, and 1945 Census; Entries from the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Historical Statistics of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/publications/Historical/PDF/Historical_Statistics_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_V2_N7_1994.pdf

One very interesting note is that of the 147 people in Millertown in 1901 85 of them were foreign born (which also means not from British Colonies or England, Scotland or Ireland). There were the Scandinavians brought over by Lewis Miller of this number a only a very small handful were still in Newfoundland in 1905. Interestingly the number of married persons at Millertown born in “Foreign and other countries” in 1911 was 5.

In 1921 the population of Grand Falls Station was 295 but this was included in the total for Grand Falls. Therefore the population for Grand Falls should be 3473. Additionally, in 1935 there were 31 people living at Rushy Pond and Farmdale.

I am also suspicious of the number of people enumerated in Millertown in 1956 being 200 more than any other year. I believe this might have been for two reasons, either/or Buchans Junction was included, or some of the logging or road building camps were enumerated.

I will make an update that includes Buchans and Buchans Junction to include in another table, as this one was created to reflect population growth associated with the pulp and paper industry. In 1935 the population of Buchans was 796 people, with 21 at Buchans Junction.

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