Old Fort, Quebec

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).

Old Fort
Unconstituted locality
Fishing Harbour of Old Fort
Old Fort
Coordinates: 51°25′25″N 57°49′28″W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Municipality	Bonne-Espérance
Government
• Federal riding	Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan
• Prov. riding	Duplessis
Area [2]
• Land	3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	256
• Density	92.7/km2 (240/sq mi)
• Change (2006–11)	14.9%
• Dwellings	119
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Postal code(s)	G0G 2G0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-138

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 9.4% from its 2016 population of 234. With a land area of 3.43 km² (1.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 74.6/km² (193.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Education

Commission scolaire du Littoral operates Mountain Ridge School (anglophone) in Old Fort.^[4]