A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data.
"[2] Provincial and territorial authorities collaborate with Statistics Canada in the creation of designated places so that data can be published for sub-areas within municipalities.
[2] Starting in 2016, Statistics Canada allowed the overlapping of designated places with population centres.
[2] In the 2021 Census of Population, Newfoundland and Labrador had 207 designated places,[3] an increase from 199 in 2016.
Newfoundland and Labrador's largest designated place is Goulds with a population of 4,441.