| Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon | |
| Settlement Type: | Unconstituted locality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 197 |
| Coordinates: | 51.4114°N -57.2031°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Côte-Nord |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Blanc-Sablon |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Manicouagan |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Duplessis |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.63 |
| Population Total: | 828 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 86.0 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2006–11) |
| Population Blank1: | 9.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 374 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -04:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0G 1W0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon is an unconstituted locality within the municipality of Blanc-Sablon in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada.
Jacques Cartier landed at the place in 1534 and set up a cross near the current site of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon. The name was known before the Jacques Cartier's explorations. In his accounts of the 1534 voyage, he cites three times Blanc-Sablon, without any explanation. Sablon is an old French term meaning Fine Sand.[1]
In 1858, the Mission of Longue-Pointe-de-Blanc-Sablon was established and took the name Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon or Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes at the end of 19th century.
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon (51.4114°N -57.2031°W) is the largest of three communities forming the municipality of Blanc-Sablon (Blanc-Sablon, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, and Brador Bay), and is located on the headland that separates Brador Bay from Blanc-Sablon Bay. It was originally known as Longue-Pointe (Long Point) until the beginning of the 20th century. It has a small natural harbour, and long depended on the fishing business. Its population in the 2011 census was 828.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon had a population of 827 living in 324 of its 357 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 849. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Commission scolaire du Littoral operates the Anglophone and Francophone school Mgr-Scheffer School in Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon.[3]
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) that is influenced by the surrounding sea, moderating summer temperatures, and also ensuring winters are less severe than inland, although this region of Quebec is severely cold annually by global standards for the latitude.