Residency in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

1 program lists Clarenville as where they train in 2027 (R-1 match), at 1 school. They state 1 position in all.

6,704
Population, 2021
about 2 h 15 min
Drive to a city of 100,000+
about 2 h drive
Airport with scheduled flights
8 h 21 min to 16 h 04 min
Shortest and longest day

1 program in 2027 · 1 school

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The water and wooded islands of Random Sound near Clarenville under a grey sky — Photo: Joanna Poe from Munith, MI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Key numbers for Clarenville

Winter

−5.5 °CJanuary mean8 h 21 mindaylight on 21 Dec

6.8 days a year below −20 °C · 229 cm of snow a year

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Lethbridge, 20.8 km away.

Summer

16.9 °CJuly mean16 h 04 mindaylight on 21 Jun

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Lethbridge, 20.8 km away.

Drive to a city of 100,000+

about 2 h 15 minby road

To St. John's, 182 km. A free-flow estimate: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Airport with scheduled flights

about 2 hby road

To Gander International Airport (YQX), 95.5 km away in a straight line.

Notice: 90 min or more by road to the airport.

Rent vs PGY-1 pay

not published for this area

CMHC’s rent survey has no one-bedroom figure for an area that names only Clarenville. Ask the program or the school about housing.

Ochre marks a figure past a fixed line below, and nothing else. Places are not compared with each other.

The lines: under 8 h of daylight on 21 Dec; 17 h or more on 21 Jun; 30 or more days a year below −20 °C; 4 h or more by road to a city of 100,000+; 90 min or more by road to the airport; rent at 30% or more of gross PGY-1 pay.

Programs in Clarenville

2027 programs whose location label names Clarenville, grouped by match, disciplines A to Z.

R-1 match 1 program

Eastern-Clarenville - Family Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland · Eastern-ClarenvilleCMG stream
1 position · 2 yrs

Living in Clarenville

Public statistics for this place, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not any program. Check each source before you rely on it.

More photos

Photo: Ycleymans · CC BY 4.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Photos of Clarenville from Wikimedia Commons, openly licensed and credited under each. They show the place, not the program.

Where it is and getting around

Map of the area around Clarenville, with dashed rings 10 km and 50 km from the centre and the airport YQX marked. — The dashed rings are 10 km and 50 km from the centre of the place. This is a picture, not a live map.
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: YQX, 96 km away in a straight line.
Open on the map (the map page, with this province selected)

Drive times are free-flow estimates on roads from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), rounded: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Nearest population centre of 100,000 or more: St. John's had 185,565 people in 2021 113 km in a straight line.
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: 150.6 km by road Scheduled service as listed by OurAirports; check the airport for current routes.

Weather and daylight

Average temperature, °C

Daily mean, 1991–2020 normals at Lethbridge, 20.8 km away.

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Monthly climate normals, 1991–2020, from Lethbridge
Month	Average temperature (°C)	Snowfall (cm)	Days below −20 °C
January	−5.5	57.7	2.3
February	−5.4	56.0	3.1
March	−2.3	41.7	1.0
April	2.8	20.2	0.0
May	7.5	1.3	0.0
June	12.0	0.0	0.0
July	16.9	0.0	0.0
August	17.1	0.0	0.0
September	12.8	0.0	0.0
October	7.6	1.7	0.0
November	2.8	9.5	0.0
December	−1.8	41.0	0.4
Whole year	5.4	229.0	6.8

Hours of daylight

Sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month, computed from the latitude (48.17° N). Hills and cloud are not counted.

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Daylight, sunrise to sunset, computed from latitude
Day	Daylight
January 15	8 h 46 min
February 15	10 h 11 min
March 15	11 h 48 min
April 15	13 h 37 min
May 15	15 h 09 min
June 15	16 h 02 min
July 15	15 h 43 min
August 15	14 h 23 min
September 15	12 h 40 min
October 15	10 h 56 min
November 15	9 h 18 min
December 15	8 h 23 min
21 Dec, shortest day	8 h 21 min
21 Jun, longest day	16 h 04 min

Things to do nearby

Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within a set distance of the town centre. A count, not a rating.

In town, within 10 km

11parks
1playground
none mappedfor ice rinks
none mappedfor swimming pools with a name
none mappedfor climbing places
2libraries
none mappedfor museums
1theatre
2cinemas
none mappedfor arts centres
none mappedfor music venues
none mappedfor markets

Outdoors, within 50 km

4protected areas with a name
7nature reserves with a name
9lakes with a name
12beaches
125campsites
none mappedfor ski areas
none mappedfor golf courses

Protected and conserved areas on the official list within 50 km: 6.

No mapped ski area within 150 km.

On foot and by bike, within 25 km

141 kmof footpaths
46 kmof signed hiking and bike routes

Lengths of mapped paths and signed routes follow how much has been mapped locally more than how much trail there is.

Counts what volunteers have mapped, not everything that exists; small and northern towns are often under-mapped, so “none mapped” is not “none”.

Map data from OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab), available under the Open Database License (opens in a new tab).

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Clarenville, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Age

Median age 45.2. People aged 20 to 39: 21.3%.

0 to 14 15.5%
15 to 64 62.0%
65 and over 22.5%

Municipality of Clarenville, 2021 Census.

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Age of residents, 2021 Census
Age group	Share of residents
0 to 14	15.5%
15 to 64	62.0%
65 and over	22.5%
20 to 39 (inside 15 to 64)	21.3%
Median age	45.2 years

Immigrants: 2.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 0.9% · non-permanent residents: 0.9%
Indigenous identity: 2.8% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 91.8% · public transit 0.6% · walking or cycling 3.9% · other 3.5% Average commute: 14.7 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $72,000 before tax $63,200 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural context, housing and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area. These describe the place, not every site a program trains in.

Population centre: Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people) 6,143 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.388 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Basic cost of living: $52,422 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Newfoundland and Labrador, population under 30,000, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Computed from latitude.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (December 2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0011-01, and the 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0022-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons. Each photo is credited under it with its author and licence (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or public domain). Resized and re-encoded as WebP; not cropped.
Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).

Across Newfoundland and Labrador

A page for each specialty trained in Clarenville lists its programs across Newfoundland and Labrador, school by school.

Family Medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador

Nearby places

Places with a page within 300 km of Clarenville in a straight line, nearest first; not a driving distance.

CarbonearNewfoundland and Labrador · about 75 km
St. John'sNewfoundland and Labrador · about 110 km
BurinNewfoundland and Labrador · about 150 km

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Places with a page, A to Z.

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