Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
# Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

## History

The Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four towns – Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom and Tilting – with the unincorporated balance of the Fogo Island.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fogo Island had a population of 2,117 living in 964 of its 1,450 total private dwellings, a change of -5.7% from its 2016 population of 2,244. With a land area of 238.25 $km^2$ (91.99 sq mi), it had a population density of $8.9/km^2$ (23.0/sq mi) in 2021.

| Name | Former status | Population (2016) | Population (2011) | Per cent change (%) | Occupied dwellings | Private dwellings | Land area (km²) | Population density |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fogo | Town | 658 | 658 | 0.0 | 289 | 349 | 5.92 | 111.2 |
| Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay | Town | 630 | 685 | -8.0 | 282 | 399 | 26.02 | 24.2 |
| Seldom-Little Seldom | Town | 386 | 427 | -9.6 | 151 | 180 | 14.60 | 26.4 |
| Tilting | Town | 173 | 204 | -15.2 | 84 | 152 | 17.63 | 9.8 |
| Balance of Fogo Island | Unincorporated | 397 | 421 | -5.7 | 979 | 1,460 | 173.48 | 2.3 |
| Fogo Island | Fogo Island | 2,244 | 2,395 | -6.3 | 979 | 1,460 | 237.65 | 9.4 |

## Climate

Climate data for Fogo Island (1981–2010, extremes 1873–2004) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.5 (85.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 25.0 (77.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 31.5 (88.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.2 (31.6) | 3.6 (38.5) | 9.2 (48.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 0.6 (33.1) | 7.4 (45.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −6.9 (19.6) | −3.5 (25.7) | 0.8 (33.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.9 (49.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 2.2 (36.0) | −1.8 (28.8) | 4.2 (39.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) | −10.3 (13.5) | −6.7 (19.9) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.6 (34.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | −0.1 (31.8) | −4.2 (24.4) | 0.9 (33.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) | −30.6 (−23.1) | −26.5 (−15.7) | −16.5 (2.3) | −12.2 (10.0) | −6.7 (19.9) | −1.7 (28.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | −7.0 (19.4) | −13.3 (8.1) | −22.8 (−9.0) | −30.6 (−23.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.5 (4.11) | 104.2 (4.10) | 99.9 (3.93) | 86.4 (3.40) | 78.7 (3.10) | 82.3 (3.24) | 91.0 (3.58) | 102.4 (4.03) | 111.8 (4.40) | 116.9 (4.60) | 101.5 (4.00) | 107.3 (4.22) | 1,187 (46.73) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17.4 (0.69) | 21.9 (0.86) | 33.4 (1.31) | 55.0 (2.17) | 74.9 (2.95) | 80.6 (3.17) | 91.0 (3.58) | 102.4 (4.03) | 111.8 (4.40) | 114.2 (4.50) | 85.5 (3.37) | 48.9 (1.93) | 837.1 (32.96) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 87.1 (34.3) | 82.4 (32.4) | 66.5 (26.2) | 31.4 (12.4) | 3.7 (1.5) | 1.7 (0.7) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.7 (1.1) | 16.0 (6.3) | 58.4 (23.0) | 349.9 (137.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 191.3 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 13.9 | 9.2 | 141.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 0.93 | 0.15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.50 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 61.1 |
| Source: Environment Canada ||||||||||||||

## Transportation

Fogo Island is accessible by ferry or air. The local airstrip is the Fogo Aerodrome.

## Notable people

* Zita Cobb – founder of Shorefast
* Rob Furlong - world record holder for longest recorded sniper kill March 2002 - November 2009
