Editing Channel-Port aux Basques

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Channel-Port aux Basques
| settlement_type          = Town
| image_skyline            = Newfoundland Port aux Basques.jpg
| image_caption            = The Channel-Port aux Basques waterfront in October 2005.
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| pushpin_map_caption      = Location of Channel-Port aux Basques in [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = Canada
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1945
| government_type          = Channel-Port aux Basques Town Council
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Brian Button
| area_footnotes           = &nbsp;(2016)<ref name="2016census"/><ref name="2016pc">[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0155&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&SearchText=Channel-Port%20aux%20Basques&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 Census Profile, 2016 Census Channel-Port aux Basques &#91;Population centre&#93;, Newfoundland and Labrador and Newfoundland and Labrador &#91;Province&#93;]</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 38.77
| population_as_of         = 2021
| population_footnotes     = <ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total         = 3,547
| population_density_km2   = 104.9
| population_blank1_title  = Population Centre
| population_blank1        = 3,665
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 749.4
| area_blank1_title        = [[Census geographic units of Canada#Population centres|Population Centre]]
| area_blank1_km2          = 4.89
| timezone                 = [[Newfoundland Time Zone|NST]]
| utc_offset               = −03:30
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| area_code                = [[Area code 709|709]]
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| website                  = {{URL|https://portauxbasques.ca}}
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| image_name = Channel PortAuxBasques Light.JPG
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| location = Channel Head<br />Channel-Port aux Basques<br />[[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]
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| yearlit  = 1895 (current)
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| shape = quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern (first)<br />cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current)
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| managingagent = Canadian Coast Guard<ref>{{Cite rowlett|nflw|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite ngall|110|2018|}}</ref>
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| subdivision_type2        = [[Electoral district (Canada)|Federal riding]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Long Range Mountains (electoral district)|Long Range Mountains]]
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'''Channel-Port aux Basques''' is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] fronting on the western end of the [[Cabot Strait]].  A [[Marine Atlantic]] ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1]] ([[Trans-Canada Highway]]) in the province.  The town was incorporated in 1945 and its population in the 2021 census was 3,547.<ref name="2021census"/>

Port aux Basques is the oldest of the collection of villages that make up the present-day town, which consists of Port aux Basques, Channel, [[Grand Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Grand Bay]] and Mouse Island. The town is called "''Siinalk''" in the [[Miꞌkmaq language]].

==History==
Channel was settled by fisher-folk from the [[Channel Islands]] in the early 1700s. Port aux Basques refers to the harbour that was a favoured sheltering and watering place for [[Basques|Basque]] whalers who hailed from the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque region]] of Spain during the early 16th century.  After leaving the harbour the [[whaling|whalers]] either proceeded to the main whaling grounds off southern Labrador, or headed home to the Basque country. They almost certainly took on fresh water from Dead Man's Brook, which flows into Port aux Basques harbour, during their stopovers.

Port aux Basques is first seen on a 1687 [[Johannes van Keulen]] map of the area. Permanent settlement came from French fishermen who overwintered on this, the [[French Shore]], using rights given under the 1713 [[Peace of Utrecht|Treaty of Utrecht]] which saw France cede its claims in Newfoundland to Great Britain in exchange for right of use of coastal lands for the fishery. With the fishery being the economic mainstay for both French and British settlers in the area, Channel-Port aux Basques<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://visitnewfoundland.ca/channelportauxbasques.html |title=Channel – Port aux Basques |access-date=2006-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013133051/http://visitnewfoundland.ca/channelportauxbasques.html |archive-date=2006-10-13 }}</ref> appeared destined to remain a collection of small fishing villages.

In 1856, an underwater telegraph cable <ref>{{cite web| url=http://visitnewfoundland.ca/telegraph.html|title=Before Marconi – The St. John's to New York Telegraph Cable |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013133234/http://visitnewfoundland.ca/telegraph.html |archive-date=2006-10-13}}</ref>  was successfully laid between Newfoundland and [[Cape Breton Island]], making landfall nearby. This was the first step in the race to complete a [[Transatlantic telegraph cable|trans-Atlantic telegraph cable]]. A telegraph station was opened in Port aux Basques in 1857.

In the 1880s, the [[Government of Canada]] erected a lighthouse at nearby [[Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cape Ray]] which, despite being in the then-separate British [[Newfoundland Colony|colony of Newfoundland]], was considered a navigation hazard for vessels bound for Canadian ports in the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]].

In 1893, it was decided to extend the western terminus of the [[Newfoundland Railway]] (then under construction west from the [[Avalon Peninsula]] by [[Robert Gillespie Reid|Robert G. Reid]]) from [[St. George's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. George's]] to Port aux Basques harbour.  By 1897 the tracks reached Port aux Basques, although the harbour facilities had not been built at that time to handle the steamer ''Bruce'', which had been built in Scotland and had arrived in Newfoundland several months earlier.  While the required docks were constructed, the ''Bruce'' operated between Little Placentia Sound and [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia]] from October, 1897 until June, 1898.
[[Image:Williamcarson.jpg|thumb|The Marine Atlantic superferry [[MV Caribou|MV ''Caribou'']] at North Sydney, with the smaller and older MV ''Ambrose Shea'' docked alongside her, seen in the late 1980s]]

On June 30, 1898, the first passenger train arrived in Port aux Basques, and ''Bruce'' departed for North Sydney shortly afterward.  Over the years, the narrow gauge Newfoundland Railway expanded both the number of trains and vessels which called at Port Aux Basques.  In 1925 the steamer [[SS Caribou|SS ''Caribou'']] began service.  She was attacked and sunk by the [[German submarine U-69 (1940)]] on 14 October 1942 with a loss of 137 lives, some from the Port aux Basques area. There were 20 widows from ''Caribou'' sinking in the Port aux Basques area.

The town of Channel-Port aux Basques was incorporated in 1945 with Samuel (Sam) Walters as the first mayor.<ref name="HS">Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, ''[https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Publications/Historical/PDF/Historical_Statistics_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_V2_N5_1988.pdf Historical Statistics of Newfoundland and Labrador]'', Vol. 2, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1998, table A-9.</ref> In 1964 the community of Mouse Island was annexed.<ref name="HS"/>

On March 31, 1949, Newfoundland entered into [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] and the railway was transferred to [[Canadian National Railway]].  Under Term 32 of the Terms of Union between Canada and Newfoundland (1949), the ferry service between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland was guaranteed, first under the [[British North America Acts|British North America Act]] and after 1982 under the [[Constitution of Canada]].<ref>[http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/nfa.html Newfoundland Act]</ref>

Upon CNR's assumption of the railway and ferry service, the 1950s saw extensive construction at Port aux Basques with expansion of new [[Dock (maritime)|dock]] facilities and the arrival of newer and larger ships such as the [[MV William Carson|MV ''William Carson'']]. Extensive blasting of rock created space for large [[rail yard]]s with extensive [[dual gauge]] trackage. The excess rock was then used as fill to create the required docks. By the mid-1960s, new [[Train ferry|railcar-capable ferries]] such as the [[MV Frederick Carter|MV ''Frederick Carter'']] permitted the [[Bogie exchange|exchange]] of [[Standard-gauge railway|standard gauge]] railcars, requiring further expansion at the Port aux Basques terminal facilities.

The mid-1960s also saw the completion of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1|Trans-Canada Highway]] across Newfoundland, an event which eventually led to the closure of the railway by 1988, but which made Port aux Basques into an even more important gateway to the island of Newfoundland, given the increased number of tourists visiting the province, and the rising amount of truck traffic.  New [[Roll-on/roll-off#RORO Variations|Ro-Pax]]-capable vessels were commissioned and/or chartered during the 1960s–1980s to meet the growing demand, such as ''Marine Nautica'', ''Marine Atlantica'', ''Marine Evangeline'', ''Ambrose Shea'', and ''John Hamilton Gray''.

With the abandonment of the railway, extensive rebuilding of Port aux Basques terminal resulted in expansive marshalling areas for waiting motor vehicle traffic.  A [[Plant pathology|plant disease]] inspection station operated by the [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency]] is located on site, as well as a modern rebuilt railway station now used as a passenger terminal for the ferry service operated by [[Marine Atlantic]], which was renamed from [[CN Marine]] in 1986.  Port aux Basques harbour used to host the arrival of the two largest [[icebreaker|icebreaking]] ferries in Canada at the time, the {{MV|Caribou}} and {{MV|Joseph and Clara Smallwood}} both of which were retired and decommissioned in 2011.

===Hurricane Fiona===
In September 2022, the town was partially evacuated due to [[Hurricane Fiona]].<ref>{{cite web |title='Total devastation' as Port aux Basques declares state of emergency due to post-tropical storm Fiona |date=2022-09-24 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230719200303/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hurricane-fiona-nl-saturday-1.6594422 |archive-date=2023-07-19 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hurricane-fiona-nl-saturday-1.6594422}}</ref> Over 100 homes were reportedly washed away from the wind and storm surge in Newfoundland with a bulk of the homes being from the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Furey says nearly 100 homes in southwestern Newfoundland destroyed, cost of damage unclear |date=2022-09-27 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015062327/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/furey-hutchings-port-aux-basques-fiona-1.6596063 |archive-date=2022-10-15 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/furey-hutchings-port-aux-basques-fiona-1.6596063}}</ref> Many locals of the town claimed that it was the worst storm they’ve ever seen, and a community changing event. The town declared a state of emergency on September 24, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title='Total devastation' as Port aux Basques declares state of emergency due to post-tropical storm Fiona |date=2022-09-24 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230719200303/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hurricane-fiona-nl-saturday-1.6594422 |archive-date=2023-07-19 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hurricane-fiona-nl-saturday-1.6594422}}</ref> On September 26, 2022, RCMP confirmed a 73-year-old Port aux Basques woman was killed after being swept out into the ocean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port aux Basques woman was swept to sea while preparing to leave her home, RCMP says |date=2022-09-26 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221118212559/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fiona-rcmp-port-aux-basques-woman-killed-1.6595767 |archive-date=2022-11-18 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fiona-rcmp-port-aux-basques-woman-killed-1.6595767}}</ref> Newfoundland and Labrador is the only province with a confirmed loss of life directly related to the storm.

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Channel-Port aux Basques had a population of {{val|3547|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1652|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1814|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of −12.8% from its 2016 population of {{val|4067|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|38.84|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3547|38.84|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
| title= Historical Census Data – Channel-Port aux Basques
|align=left
|1931|1997
|1941|2381
|1951|2634
|1956|3301
|1961|4182
|1981|6102
|1986|5901
|1991|5644
|[[1996 Canadian Census|1996]]|5243
|[[2001 Canadian Census|2001]]|4637
|[[2006 Canadian Census|2006]]|4319
|[[2011 Canadian Census|2011]]|4170
|[[2016 Canadian Census|2016]]|4067
|[[2021 Canadian Census|2021]]|3547
|footnote=<ref name="2016census">[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1003034&Geo2=CD&Code2=1003&SearchText=Channel-Port%20aux%20Basques&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 Channel-Port aux Basques, Town &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, Newfoundland and Labrador and Division No. 3, Census division &#91;Census division&#93;, Newfoundland and Labrador]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1955/195501660140_p. |title=Canada Year Book 1955 |date=31 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114051402/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1955%2F195501660140_p. |archive-date=2016-01-14| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1957-58-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1957-58/195701580126_p. |title=Canada Year Book 1957–58 |date=31 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084024/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1957-58-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1957-58%2F195701580126_p. |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt%3D%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.+189.pdf |title=Canada Year Book 1967 |date=31 March 2008 |access-date=2014-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-23 }}</ref><ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=199289&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census], [[Canada 1996 Census]]</ref><ref>[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=26&S=1&O=A&RPP=25&PR=10&CMA=0 Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data], [[Canada 2006 Census]]</ref><ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1003034&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Channel-Port%20aux%20Basques&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 Channel-Port aux Basques, T Newfoundland and Labrador (Census subdivision)], [[Canada 2011 Census]]</ref> Population figures reflect the town's amalgamation.}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Canada 2016 Census!! Population !! % of Total Population
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Visible minority]] group<ref name="2016census"/> || [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]] || 15 || {{Percentage | 15 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadians|Black]] || 15 || {{Percentage | 15 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Filipino Canadians|Filipino]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Arab Canadians|Arab]] || 20 || {{Percentage | 20 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Asian Canadians|Southeast Asian]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Asian Canadians|West Asian]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Korean Canadians|Korean]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| Other visible minority || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Multiracial|Mixed]] visible minority || 0 || {{Percentage | 0 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Total visible minority population''|| ''55'' || ''{{Percentage | 55 | 4067 | 1 }}''
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] group<ref name="2016census"/> || [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] || 125 || {{Percentage | 125 |  4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| [[Inuit]] || 10 || {{Percentage | 10 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Total Aboriginal population'' || ''160'' || ''{{Percentage | 160 | 4067 | 1 }}''
|-
| colspan="2" | [[European Canadians|White]] || 3,795 || {{Percentage | 3795 | 4067 | 1 }}
|-
| colspan="2" | ''Total population'' || ''4,010'' || ''100%''
|}

==Transportation==
Both the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] and the [[Trans Canada Trail]] have their [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] start and end points in Port aux Basques.

===Ferries===
In 2009, a larger and more modern vessel, the {{MV|Atlantic Vision}}, was added to the fleet. With a larger carrying capacity and an equivalent [[ice class]] to the MV ''Caribou'', the MV ''Atlantic Vision'' was introduced as the new flagship for Marine Atlantic.<ref name="ferry lease">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/marine-atlantic-renews-lease-for-mv-atlantic-vision-1.2943327 |title=Marine Atlantic renews lease for MV Atlantic Vision|access-date=2015-10-26|date=2015-02-03|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Following the retirement of the MV ''Caribou'' and the MV ''Joseph and Clara Smallwood'', two more new ships were acquired on a 5-year charter from [[Stena Line]]. These two new ships, the {{MV|Blue Puttees}} and {{MV|Highlanders}} currently round out the Marine Atlantic fleet. Marine Atlantic announced in May 2015 that it would be purchasing both ships for [[Canadian dollar|C$]]100 Million each.<ref name="ferry purchase">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/marine-atlantic-purchases-mv-blue-puttees-mv-highlanders-1.3087746 |title=Marine Atlantic Purchases MV Blue Puttees, MV Highlanders|access-date=2015-05-26|date=2015-05-26|publisher=CBC News}}</ref>

==College of the North Atlantic==
The Port aux Basques campus of the [[College of the North Atlantic]] first opened as the District Vocational School in September 1963. The school was constructed by MR Chappell of Nova Scotia because Lundrigans Ltd of [[Corner Brook]] who was constructing the other District Vocational Schools in Newfoundland couldn't move their equipment and supplies over the uncompleted road from [[Corner Brook]] to Port aux Basques. The [[Trans-Canada Highway]] from Corner Brook to Port aux Basques was completed in 1965.

==Climate==
Channel-Port aux Basques experiences a maritime-influenced [[subarctic climate]] that has the [[Köppen climate classification]] code of ''(Dfc)''. The location has strong [[seasonal lag]] as well as being cold for the latitude. This is since it is being influenced by the [[Icelandic Low]] and the [[Labrador Current]], which renders a rare combination of cold and snowy winters along a seacoast at [[47th parallel north|47°N]]. In summer the warmup is strongly delayed by the cold waters and westerly winds from the interior of Canada are very cold in winter, further delaying the warming of the water. As a result, August is clearly warmer than July, and even September is more than {{convert|2|C-change}} warmer than June is. Winter precipitation often falls as snow, for a high annual yield, but rainfall even in the coldest of February is still quite common, which lowers the snow cover to average about {{convert|55|cm|abbr=on}} at its annual peak.<ref name="CCN"/>
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| location = Channel-Port aux Basques, Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 Station Data
| Jan maximum humidex = 9.4
| Feb maximum humidex = 10.3
| Mar maximum humidex = 10.6
| Apr maximum humidex = 14.9
| May maximum humidex = 20.9
| Jun maximum humidex = 27.5
| Jul maximum humidex = 29.1
| Aug maximum humidex = 31.2
| Sep maximum humidex = 32.0
| Oct maximum humidex = 22.8
| Nov maximum humidex = 19.0
| Dec maximum humidex = 11.1
| year maximum humidex = 32.0
| Jan record high C = 9.9
| Feb record high C = 8.9
| Mar record high C = 11.2
| Apr record high C = 18.2
| May record high C = 22.2
| Jun record high C = 25.3
| Jul record high C = 27.8
| Aug record high C = 27.2
| Sep record high C = 30.0
| Oct record high C = 25.0
| Nov record high C = 15.0
| Dec record high C = 10.7
| year record high C = 30.0
| Jan high C = −1.8
| Feb high C = −2.8
| Mar high C = −0.4
| Apr high C = 4.3
| May high C = 9.0
| Jun high C = 13.2
| Jul high C = 17.2
| Aug high C = 18.7
| Sep high C = 15.5
| Oct high C = 10.6
| Nov high C = 5.6
| Dec high C = 0.9
| year high C = 7.5
| Jan mean C = −5.1
| Feb mean C = −6.4
| Mar mean C = −3.6
| Apr mean C = 1.4
| May mean C = 5.7
| Jun mean C = 9.8
| Jul mean C = 14.0
| Aug mean C = 15.3
| Sep mean C = 12.1
| Oct mean C = 7.4
| Nov mean C = 2.8
| Dec mean C = −2.1
| year mean C = 4.3
| Jan low C = −8.4
| Feb low C = −9.9
| Mar low C = −6.7
| Apr low C = −1.5
| May low C = 2.4
| Jun low C = 6.3
| Jul low C = 10.7
| Aug low C = 11.9
| Sep low C = 8.6
| Oct low C = 4.1
| Nov low C = 0.0
| Dec low C = −5.0
| year low C = 1.0
| Jan record low C = −23.3
| Feb record low C = −26.1
| Mar record low C = −24.1
| Apr record low C = −13.3
| May record low C = −6.7
| Jun record low C = −1.1
| Jul record low C = 3.5
| Aug record low C = 2.8
| Sep record low C = 0.0
| Oct record low C = −4.0
| Nov record low C = −11.3
| Dec record low C = −21.2
| year record low C =
| Jan chill = −37.0
| Feb chill = −40.0
| Mar chill = −38.0
| Apr chill = −23.0
| May chill = −12.0
| Jun chill = −3.0
| Jul chill = 0.0
| Aug chill = 0.0
| Sep chill = 0.0
| Oct chill = −11.0
| Nov chill = −21.0
| Dec chill = −34.0
| year chill = −40.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 151.6
| Feb precipitation mm = 125.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 107.5
| Apr precipitation mm = 139.1
| May precipitation mm = 118.6
| Jun precipitation mm = 127.4
| Jul precipitation mm = 112.5
| Aug precipitation mm = 118.6
| Sep precipitation mm = 125.4
| Oct precipitation mm = 145.2
| Nov precipitation mm = 151.2
| Dec precipitation mm = 172.2
| year precipitation mm = 1,594.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 48.7
| Feb rain mm = 41.8
| Mar rain mm = 57.6
| Apr rain mm = 118.9
| May rain mm = 115.7
| Jun rain mm = 127.4
| Jul rain mm = 112.5
| Aug rain mm = 118.5
| Sep rain mm = 125.4
| Oct rain mm = 143.3
| Nov rain mm = 127.1
| Dec rain mm = 92.9
| year rain mm = 1,229.9
| snow colour = green
| Jan snow cm = 101.9
| Feb snow cm = 81.7
| Mar snow cm = 49.1
| Apr snow cm = 17.4
| May snow cm = 2.4
| Jun snow cm = 0.0
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 0.0
| Sep snow cm = 0.0
| Oct snow cm = 2.2
| Nov snow cm = 21.8
| Dec snow cm = 78.6
| year snow cm = 355.0
| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
| precip days colour = green
| Jan precipitation days = 26.2
| Feb precipitation days = 21.5
| Mar precipitation days = 19.4
| Apr precipitation days = 16.2
| May precipitation days = 15.0
| Jun precipitation days = 16.3
| Jul precipitation days = 16.5
| Aug precipitation days = 15.2
| Sep precipitation days = 16.7
| Oct precipitation days = 18.4
| Nov precipitation days = 20.1
| Dec precipitation days = 24.2
| year precipitation days = 225.6
| unit rain days = 0.2 mm
| Jan rain days = 5.7
| Feb rain days = 5.1
| Mar rain days = 7.5
| Apr rain days = 12.9
| May rain days = 15.6
| Jun rain days = 16.3
| Jul rain days = 16.5
| Aug rain days = 15.3
| Sep rain days = 16.9
| Oct rain days = 18.0
| Nov rain days = 14.4
| Dec rain days = 8.7
| year rain days = 152.9
| unit snow days = 0.2 cm
| Jan snow days = 24.5
| Feb snow days = 20.2
| Mar snow days = 15.1
| Apr snow days = 6.4
| May snow days = 0.8
| Jun snow days = 0.1
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.1
| Oct snow days = 1.1
| Nov snow days = 9.4
| Dec snow days = 19.9
| year snow days = 97.6
| humidity colour = green
| Jan humidity = 80.1
| Feb humidity = 79.3
| Mar humidity = 78.1
| Apr humidity = 78.7
| May humidity = 76.9
| Jun humidity = 79.8
| Jul humidity = 83.8
| Aug humidity = 82.0
| Sep humidity = 79.7
| Oct humidity = 78.0
| Nov humidity = 80.9
| Dec humidity = 80.6
| year humidity = 79.8
| source = [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]<ref name="CCN">{{cite web |url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=Port+aux&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=6693&dispBack=1
 |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000 Station Data |date=25 September 2013 |publisher= [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]]|access-date=17 August 2019 }}</ref>
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==Sports==
Port aux Basques placed second in the top five communities for [[Kraft Hockeyville]] 2008, and won $20,000 for its local arena. Its sports arena, Bruce I, burned down in 1995, just prior to the hockey season. It was located on top of Army Hill on a road named Stadium Road down in Channel.  The new arena, Bruce II Sports Centre, was opened on November 23, 1996.

==See also==
*[[List of lighthouses in Canada]]
* [[List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
* [[Isle aux Morts]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.portauxbasques.ca/ Town site]

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