Swift Current is a community and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Swift Current is located approximately 20 km southwest of Goobies. It is a part of the local service district of Swift Current-Black River.

Geography

Swift Current is in Newfoundland within Subdivision K of Division No. 2. It is on Mouse Islet to the northeast of the Burin Peninsula between Grand Le Pierre and Goobies, 5 kilometres west of the Black River. The Burin Peninsula Highway (Route 210) passes through Swift Current.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Swift Current recorded a population of 207 living in 91 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2011 population of 208. With a land area of 10.62 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Swift Current was a local service district (LSD) governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. In 2021, the chair of the LSD committee is Ward Butt. Since 2024, the community is part of the newly created LSD of Swift Current-Black River.