Badger's Quay is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Population: 3,061, (includes Newtown and Wesleyville, 1996) Early Settlement: Area was visited by land based seal fishermen and inshore cod fishermen from the late 18th century to the early 19th century.
Its population consisted mainly of people moving in from surrounding areas such as Pool's Island.
In the 1950s the Straight Shore highroad passed through Badger's Quay thus centralizing the communities services.
By 1955 nineteen families had moved there from Safe Harbour due to the Centralization Program by the government.