lakes nearby and the unstable northerly airstreams that prevail, but because the town is relatively far from the open sea, there is more sunshine in Wabush than in St. John's due to the absence of fog from the Labrador Current. Snow usually melts away in May. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wabush had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Notable residents Mike Adam, Canadian curler Shawn Doyle, actor Michael Crummey, poet and writer Literary references Wabush appears in the John Wyndham post-catastrophe novel The Chrysalids under the name of Waknuk. References External links Labrador West Wabush - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol.5, p. 494-495. Labrador West Populated places in Labrador Mining communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador