title: Baine Harbour
text: # Baine Harbour
  
  Baine Harbour is a Canadian community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador northeast of Marystown.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1911 it had one store, one church and one hotel. The way office was established in 1883. The first way master was Lemuel Roberts. The first postmaster was W. Rodway in 1949. It was incorporated as a "government community" in 1970.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baine Harbour had a population of 126 living in 59 of its 69 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 124. With a land area of 4.15 $km^2$ (1.60 sq mi), it had a population density of $30.4/km^2$ (78.6/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  