CENSUS OF POPULATION, ETC. OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM PERE
BAUDOIN'S JOURNAL OF 1697
| NAMES OF PLACES | MEN | FISHING BUSINESSES | #BOATS | QUINTALS OF FISH CAUGHT |
| RENEWS | 120 | 7 | 8 | 4,000 |
| FERMEUSE | 40 | 7 | 8 | 4,000 |
| FERRYLAND | 106 | 12 | 16 | 8,000 |
| CAPELIN RAY | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1,000 |
| CAPE BROYLE | 5 | 1 | 1 | 500 |
| BRIGUS SOUTH | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1,500 |
| COLMARE (TOAD'S COVE) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2,500 |
| WITLESS BAY | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1,500 |
| BAY BULLS | 120 | 13 | 20 | 10,000 |
| AQUAFORTE | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2,500 |
| ST. JOHN'S | 300 | 59 | 125 | 6,270 |
| PETTY HARBOUR | 60 | 14 | 16 | 8,000 |
| QUIDI VIDI | 40 | 9 | 9 | 4,900 |
| TORBAY | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2,400 |
| PORTUGAL COVE | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2,100 |
| HOLYROOD | 43 | 6 | 7 | 4,500 |
| HARBOUR MAIN | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1,000 |
| BRIGUS | 70 | 11 | 12 | 6,000 |
| CUPIDS | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1,000 |
| PORT DE GRAVE | 116 | 14 | 15 | 7,500 |
| FAYLINE COVE(?) | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1,500 |
| BAY ROBERTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1,500 |
| BRINES COVE | 30 | 4 | 6 | 6,000 |
| HARBOUR GRACE | 100 | 14 | 15 | 7,500 |
| MUSQUITO | 35 | 3 | 5 | 2,500 |
| CARBONEAR | 220 | 22 | 56 | 2,500 |
| CROCKER'S COVE(?) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2,500 |
| KELUN COVE(?) | 22 | 3 | 9 | 2,000 |
| FRESHWATER | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2,000 |
| OLD PERLICAN | 150 | 10 | 27 | 13,900 |
| BAY DE VERDS | 85 | 14 | 16 | 11,000 |
| HANT'S HARBOUR | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3,000 |
| SCILLY COVE | 40 | 4 | 7 | 4,300 |
| NEW PERLICAN | 60 | 9 | 11 | 6,000 |
| HEART'S EASE | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1,000 |
| HEART'S CONTENT | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2,400 |
| TRINITY | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2,000 |
| BONAVISTA | 300 | 40 | 20 | 5,000 |
| TOTAL | 1,581 | 195 | 246 | 100,000 |
According to Pere Baudoin's Journal, in 1697, Old Perlican by population was the fourth largest settlement in the Newfound-land colony. That year Old Perlican fisherman landed the most fish (13,900 quintals) in the colony.