| Official Name: | Forteau |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 377 |
| Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Forteau is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 377 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
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.[1]
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 was carried by Jersey vessels. In the 1780s, a number of Jersey families settled permanently, such as the de Quettevilles in Forteau.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 7.5km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]