Forteau

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Forteau is a town in southern Labrador, an area of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 377 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

The town is located along Route 510 in Labrador, between L'Anse-au-Clair and L'Anse-au-Loup.

There is a health centre, a post office and a variety of shops. Internet access is available but some areas do not have consistent cell phone service.{{cite news|title= Forteau|publisher=Southern Labrador: Our Communities|accessdate=17 March 2018|url= http://www.southernlabrador.ca/home/forteau.htm}}

History

The end of war with France and America saw the growth of trade between Jersey and the New World, especially Canada. By 1763, around a third of the fish being exported from Conception Bay was carried by Jersey vessels. In the 1780s, a number of Jersey families settled permanently, such as the de Quettevilles in Forteau.{{cite book|last=Syvret|first=Marguerite|title=Balleine's History of Jersey|date=2011|publisher=The History Press|isbn=978-1860776502}}{{Rp|215–6}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Forteau had a population of {{val|377|fmt=commas}} residing in {{val|161|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|181|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:377-409}}|409|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|409|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|7.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|377|7.5|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}

Forteau

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