Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador
Come By Chance | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Coordinates: 47°51′N 53°59′W / 47.850°N 53.983°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Census division | 1 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 39.7 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 208 |
| • Density | 5.74/km2 (14.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways | Route 1 (TCH) |
Come By Chance is a town on the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 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.