Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador

Granby Island

Grand Bay

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The coastal town of Grand Bank is located on the south coast of Newfoundland (on the Cabot Strait, on the Burin Peninsula at Fortune Bay).

Grand Bank is near sea level ^<1>.

Time Zone: Grand Bank lies in the Newfoundland Time Zone (NST/NDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Grand Bank, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Grand Bank had a population of 2,580 people ^<2>. This is a decrease of 9.19% since the previous Census (with 2,841 people in 2001).

With 2,580 people, Grand Bank represented 0.51% of the total population of Newfoundland and Labrador, making it the province's 21st most populous community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2006 Population	Change Since 2001
Fortune	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	1,458	9.72% decrease
Frenchmans Cove	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
Frenchmans Cove	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
Grand Beach	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
Lamaline	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	315	8.96% decrease
Lawn	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	705	9.5% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Grand Bank.

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Grand Bank. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grand Bank - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Grand Bank and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation

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Last Modified: 06 Nov 2009