men and operated in Fall River until about 1982. Going back to the 1940s, an old service station built and operated by the Spencer family and later owned by the MacArthurs, is still in operation and is now operated and owned by local resident Gerald Burgess. The service station is next to the original Fall River School that later became the Recreation Centre and even later a commercial building. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fall River had a population of 2,474 living in 812 of its 834 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,337. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Growth Fall River has been expanding rapidly with the construction of a Sobeys and surrounding shopping centre, McDonald's, Subway and Tim Hortons. Lockview High School opened its doors in 2000 to relieve strain on the aging Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford. Fall River also has two elementary schools, Holland Road Elementary School and Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School. Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School was named after Mrs. Ada Lee, Mrs. Selena Jefferson and Mrs. Martha Ash, all of whom are remembered for their extraordinary humanitarian efforts, moral and Christian leadership in the community of Fall River. There is also one junior high: Georges P. Vanier. Due to the increased presence of schools and retail, Fall River serves as a hub for neighboring communities. There are four major subdivisions in Fall River, the first being called The Schwarzwald (named after the famed Black Forest in Germany) and developed by the Miller family in the mid-1970s. Schwarzwald has in the past decade started development of a new section called Schwarzwald Heights, which branches off of Trunk Highway 2. The second subdivision being Fall River Village. Fall River Village was established in 1973 with over of land and yet to be developed. Also Capilano is the third major subdivision, with the Ashburn golf course just outside. There are three new subdivisions, St. Andrews West and Kinloch Estates, which opened in February 2009. The subdivision itself is nestled between St. Andrews Lake and Kinsac Lake with extensive waterfrontage on both lakes. Also, Miller Lake West located near the end of Perrin Drive (actually north of Miller Lake) has developed over the last six to seven years with larger homes and properties offering a