Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador

Cavendish is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Geography

Cavendish is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 1. Cavendish is located on Route 80, off the Route 1 exit at Whitbourne. It lies on an area of Cambrian Period shale, slate, and limestone; a significant limestone prospect lies about south of the settlement. Soils are mapped as stony loam podzols of the Cochrane and Turk's Cove series.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cavendish recorded a population of 301 living in 120 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 363. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Cavendish is a local service district that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Roger Pennell.