Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Paradise
Town
Town of Paradise
At sunset
Nickname:  The Dice
Location of Paradise (red) in the St. John's Metropolitan Area.
Paradise Location of Paradise in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°32′N 52°52′W / 47.533°N 52.867°W / 47.533; -52.867
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland
Settled	late 19th century
Government
• Mayor	Dan Bobbett
• MHA	Fred Hutton (LIB) Paul Dinn (PC) Sarah Stoodley (LIB)
• MP	Joanne Thompson (LIB) Ken McDonald (LIB)
Area
• Total	29.24 km2 (11.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	22,957
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 1 (TCH) Route 2 Route 50 Route 60 Kenmount Road
Website	The Town of Paradise

Paradise is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Paradise is the third largest settlement in the province and is part of the St. John's metropolitan area, the 20th largest metropolitan area in Canada. The town borders the City of St. John's, the City of Mount Pearl, the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, and the town of Conception Bay South.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Paradise had a population of 22,957 living in 8,813 of its 9,331 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 21,389. With a land area of 29.67 km² (11.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 773.7/km² (2,004.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[1] Based on the 2016 Census, the median income for the Town of Paradise was $107,542 before taxes and a median income of $89,037 after taxes.^[2]