Bishop's Cove

Bishop's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador situated in Spaniard's Bay, [Newfoundland and Labrador|Spaniard's Bay] on the Avalon Peninsula.

History

Originally called Bread and Cheese Cove, the cove was renamed for the Rev. John Inglis, an Anglican bishop who toured Newfoundland in 1827 after it became part of his diocese. Early family names in the area include "Smith", "Barrett" and several variations of "Menchions", with possible claims to the land going back as early as 1625.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bishop's Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.