Vieux Fort (also known as Old Fort) is an unconstituted locality within the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Bonne-Espérance in the

Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (Region 09) (, ; ) is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula, Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ...

region of

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. It is also known as Old Fort Bay or Vieux-Fort (the latter is preferred by the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...

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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, Old Fort had a population of 256 living in 106 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 234. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

Commission scolaire du Littoral The Centre de services scolaire du Littoral is a geographically-based school service centre in Quebec, Canada, with offices in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sept-Îles and Chevery. Situated along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the School Board territory consi ...

operates Mountain Ridge School (anglophone) in Old Fort.Schools and centers
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. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.

References

{{authority control Communities in Côte-Nord Designated places in Quebec Unconstituted localities in Quebec Road-inaccessible communities of Quebec