Over the Summer several businesses on Broadway has closed, the population is aging, and the population has dropped every year since 1981.
Having that information, is the city dying? Corner Brook is home to the Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Mill, which at one point was a major employer for the region.
The city is the largest population centre in the province after St. John's. As such, Corner Brook functions as a service centre for western and northern Newfoundland.