Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador

Come By Chance is a town on the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[3] It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay.

Come By Chance
Town
Come By Chance is located in Newfoundland
Come By Chance
Come By Chance
Location of Come By Chance in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°51′N 53°59′W
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Census division1
Area
[1]
 • Land39.7 km2 (15.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total208
 • Density5.74/km2 (14.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 1 (TCH)

Located in this town is Newfoundland's only oil refinery, the Come By Chance Refinery operated by North Atlantic Refining Company, which has a capacity of 130,000 barrels per day (21,000 m3/d). The associated port was Canada's fifth largest port by cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded in 2011. It handled 27.4 million metric tonnes, of which 23.7 million tonnes was crude petroleum.[4]

History

The town's name is believed to be the result of explorers coming upon a Beothuk path by chance, and naming the location after the unexpected discovery.[5]

Come By Chance was chosen as the location for a Canadian cottage hospital in 1936.[5]

In February 2018, a group of oil refinery workers split a Canadian lottery winning of $60,000,000.[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Come By Chance had a population of 208 living in 90 of its 108 total private dwellings, a change of -8.8% from its 2016 population of 228. With a land area of 39.55 km2 (15.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.3/km2 (13.6/sq mi) in 2021.[2][1]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Come By Chance, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. "Come By Chance". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  4. "Shipping in Canada 2011 (Catalogue no. 54-205-X)" (PDF). Shipping in Canada. Statistics Canada: 27, 58. November 2012. ISSN 1480-8773.
  5. Jones, Lindsay (2021-03-24). "The Lives of Others". The Atavist Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  6. "31 Newfoundlanders split $60M lotto jackpot — biggest ever in Atlantic Canada". CBC News. February 28, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2019.


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