L'Anse-au-Clair

L'Anse-au-Clair is a town in the Labrador portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Touching the small portion of Labrador’s southern ocean, the town has a population of 219 in the 2021 census, up from 192 in 2011.^[2][1]

L'Anse-au-Clair
Town
L'Anse-au-Clair
Coordinates: 51°26′00″N 57°04′02″W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Settled	1825
Area [1]
• Land	61.92 km2 (23.91 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	219
• Density	3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4:00 (Atlantic Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3:00 (Atlantic Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) R-138

It is located on Route 510, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the Quebec–Labrador border. It was established by the French in the early 18th century. People began to settle in the L'Anse-au-Clair area after the Quebec–Labrador border dispute was settled in 1825.^[3]

The settlement of L'Anse au Cotard, an area near the town, is attributed to Jersey fishermen and merchants coming to the region, with the earliest known permanent resident being James Dumaresq from the Dumaresq family who decided to build a home in the region around 1810. Descendants of Dumaresq and other Jersey families still inhabit the region and Canada as a whole.^[4][5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, L'Anse-au-Clair had a population of 219 living in 98 of its 111 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 216. With a land area of 60.65 km² (23.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.6/km² (9.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]