Old Fort, Quebec

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Old Fort

| settlement_type = Unconstituted locality

| image_skyline = Fishing Harbour Old Fort Bay 04.jpg

| image_caption = Fishing Harbour of Old Fort

| pushpin_map = Canada Quebec

| pushpin_mapsize = 197

| coordinates = {{coord|51|25|25|N|57|49|28|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Côte-Nord

| subdivision_type3 = RCM

| subdivision_name3 = Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent

| subdivision_type4 = Municipality

| subdivision_name4 = Bonne-Espérance

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Duplessis

| area_footnotes =

| area_land_km2 = 3.01

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 256

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2= 92.7

| population_blank1_title= Change (2006–11)

| population_blank1 = {{decrease}}14.9%

| population_blank2_title= Dwellings

| population_blank2 = 119

| timezone = AST

| utc_offset = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = G0G 2G0

| area_code = 418 and 581

|blank_name = Highways

|blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|138}}

}}

Vieux Fort (also known as Old Fort) is an unconstituted locality within the municipality of Bonne-Espérance in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is also known as Old Fort Bay or Vieux-Fort (the latter is preferred by the Commission de toponymie du Québec).

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Old Fort had a population of 256 living in 106 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:256-234}}|234|1}} from its 2016 population of 234. With a land area of {{cvt|3.43|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|256|3.43|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=Sep 2, 2022}}

Education

Commission scolaire du Littoral operates Mountain Ridge School (anglophone) in Old Fort."[http://www.csdulittoral.qc.ca/ScriptorWeb/scripto.asp?resultat=277178# Schools and centers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923145027/http://www.csdulittoral.qc.ca/ScriptorWeb/scripto.asp?resultat=277178 |date=2017-09-23 }}." Commission scolaire du Littoral. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.

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