title: Pool's Cove
text: # Pool's Cove
  
  Pool's Cove is a community located on the north west side of Fortune Bay, on the South Coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The town had a population of 143 in the 2021 Census.
  
  The ferry MV Terra Nova has a port in Pool's Cove servicing the isolated outport Rencontre East with another port in Bay L'Argent, on the Burin Peninsula.
  
  Traditionally a fishing community, aquaculture is an important economic driver in the region.
  
  Pool's Cove has road access via the 8.1-kilometre-long (5.0 mi) Pool's Cove Road, connecting the town with Route 362.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pool's Cove had a population of 143 living in 62 of its 75 total private dwellings, a change of -25.9% from its 2016 population of 193. With a land area of 2.65 $km^2$ (1.02 sq mi), it had a population density of $54.0/km^2$ (139.8/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  