Upper Amherst Cove
# Upper Amherst Cove

Upper Amherst Cove, is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

## History

The nearest post office dates back to 1864 in Trinity Bay.

## Geography

Upper Amherst Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision G of Division No. 7. It is near Bonavista, just off Route 235.

## Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Upper Amherst Cove recorded a population of 41 living in 19 of its 30 total private dwellings, a change of 13.9% from its 2011 population of 36. With a land area of 1.59 $km^2$ (0.61 sq mi), it had a population density of $25.8/km^2$ (66.8/sq mi) in 2016.

## Government

Upper Amherst Cove is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is David Borland.

