Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador

Come By Chance
Town
Come By Chance is located in Newfoundland
Come By Chance
Come By Chance
Location of Come By Chance in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°51′N 53°59′W / 47.850°N 53.983°W / 47.850; -53.983
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Census division1
Area
 • Land39.7 km2 (15.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total208
 • Density5.74/km2 (14.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 1 (TCH)

Come By Chance is a town on the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[3] It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay.

Located in this town is Newfoundland's only oil refinery, the Come By Chance Refinery operated by North Atlantic Refining, which has a capacity of 130,000 barrels per day (21,000 m3/d). The associated port was Canada's fifth largest port by cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded in 2011. It handled 27.4 million metric tonnes, of which 23.7 million tonnes was crude petroleum.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference census2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Come By Chance". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  4. ^ "Shipping in Canada 2011 (Catalogue no. 54-205-X)" (PDF). Shipping in Canada. Statistics Canada: 27, 58. November 2012. ISSN 1480-8773.

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