Forteau is a town in the

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of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 377 as of the

Canada 2021 Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

. 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.

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 Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The population (in 2011) of people living in municipalities (or unincorporated census subdivisions) located along the coast of Conception Bay was 90,490 making it on ...

was carried by Jersey vessels. In the 1780s, a number of Jersey families settled permanently, such as the de Quettevilles in Forteau.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Forteau had a population of residing in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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