Petite Forte (french: Petit Forte) is a
local service district and
designated place
A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the ...
in the
Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. It is on Placentia Bay and is connected by road via
Route 215 (Petite Forte Road). Petite Forte is located on the
Burin Peninsula
The Burin Peninsula ( ) is a peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Marystown is the largest population centre on the peninsula.Statistics Canada. 2017. Marystown, T ensu ...
which is on the southeast coast of the island of
Newfoundland in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. It fought attempts by the government in the 1960s to resettle. Petite Forte has a population of 69 according to the 2021 census.
The ferry ''MV Marine Coaster III'' has a port in Petite Forte and services the isolated
outport
An outport is any port considered secondary to a main port (including a provincial one as opposed to a capital one), and often (especially) a small port built to support the commercial operations of a large port. The Port of Tilbury from the Port ...
of
South East Bight.
Geography
Petite Forte is in
Newfoundland within
Subdivision C of
Division No. 2.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Petite Forte recorded a population of 57 living in 25 of its 47 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 85. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Government
Petite Forte is a local service district (LSD)
that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.
The chair of the LSD committee is Kevin Hefferan.
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See also
* List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
*List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has 175 unincorporated communities that are designated as local service districts (LSDs) for the purpose of providing water, sewer, fire, garbage, street lighting, animal control, and/or road ma ...
*Newfoundland outport
An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador other than the chief port of St. John's. Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, ...
* South East Bight
References
{{Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador, state=collapsed, LSD/DPL=yes
Populated coastal places in Canada
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador