Rock Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is east of Marystown on Placentia Bay.

History

Rock Harbour had a population of 149 with 40 households in 1921 and 142 in 1956. The population as of the 2011 Canada census was 66.

Geography

Rock Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision D of Division No. 2.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rock Harbour recorded a population of 54 living in 24 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2011 population of 66. The population is around 43 as of 2023. With a land area of 7.36 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy

A major employer at one point was a nearby fish processing plant operated by FPI then OCI (closed as of 2011) in Marystown and at the Peter Kiewit and Sons Marystown and Cow Head Facilities, but most of the population rely on work elsewhere in the province and country working as skilled tradespersons.

Government

Rock Harbour is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Clyde Hooper.