Laforce
Municipality
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Laforce is located in Western Quebec
Laforce
Laforce
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°32′N 78°44′W / 47.533°N 78.733°W / 47.533; -78.733[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMTémiscamingue
Settled1937
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1979
Government
[2]
 • MayorGérald Charron
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
[2][3]
 • Total587.40 km2 (226.80 sq mi)
 • Land436.78 km2 (168.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total320
 • Density0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Increase 38.5%
 • Dwellings
124
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Z 2J0
Area code819
Websitewww.laforce.ca

Laforce is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2021: 320 (2016 to 2021 population change: 38.5%)
  • Population in 2016: 231
  • Population in 2011: 147
  • Population in 2006: 174
  • Population in 2001: 303 (or 299 when adjusted for 2006 boundary)
  • Population in 1996: 295
  • Population in 1991: 225

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 109 (total dwellings: 124)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 59.4%
  • French as first language: 32.8%
  • English and French as first language: 1.6%
  • Other as first language: 6.3%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 92437". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Laforce". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  3. 1 2 "Laforce census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
  5. ↑ "Laforce community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-08-23.


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