Pasadena (/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/) is an incorporated town located in census division 5 which is in the western portion of Newfoundland, Canada.

The meaning of the name, according to the municipal website of the Californian town, derives from the Ojibwe (Chippewa) word for "valley".

It evolved much earlier than Pasadena, starting out in the early 1920s as a logging camp for the Bowater Company from Corner Brook.

[citation needed] However, South Brook area soon saw an increase in activity, when the Bowaters Company started up its woods operations.

Homes began to spring up in South Brook as the men coming to work in the wood camps brought their families with them.

With women and children living there, schools, medical aid, and recreation facilities were needed.

Seizing the opportunity, he sold his St. John's farm and immediately purchased the farmland in the Humber Valley.

The flat fertile land and the temperate climate provided ideal conditions for growing such crops as potatoes and carrots.

Due to a severe decline in the inshore fishery around the Avalon Peninsula, many families were starving and the government of commission began to look for some other means of livelihood for them.

Potential settlers for this community came from outlying areas of the island deeply affected by the Great Depression.

With just one tractor, supplied by the government, they started clearing the land, in preparation for their families to join them.

Finally that day in September arrived when the men settlers from Midland went to the railway in Pasadena to meet their families.

The first Community Council of Pasadena-Midland consisted of Charles Bonnell, Chairman; Nelson Bennett, Secretary; and Allan French, Councillor.

[citation needed] In 1985, negotiations between the two Councils and the Department of Municipal Affairs for the amalgamation of the Town of Pasadena and the Community of South Brook began.

[6] The municipality's other recreational facilities include playgrounds, a sensory playground, baseball field, softball fields, soccer facilities, basketball court, tennis courts, a pump track [7] and a number of walking, running, skiing [8] and outdoor community spaces.