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Laforce () is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in northwestern
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, Canada, in the
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Témiscamingue () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie. Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not prac ...
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History

The place saw its first settlers in 1937, and was originally called Devlin, after the geographic township of Devlin, in turn named in honour of Charles Ramsay Devlin. In 1938, the Parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée-de-Devlin was founded. In June of that same year, the place received the name Laforce, named after Ernest Laforce (1879–1977), deputy minister of Colonization of Quebec at that time. In 1940, the Laforce Post Office opened. On January 1, 1979, the Municipality of Laforce was created out of previously unincorporated area.


Demographics

Mother tongue (2021): * 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%


Local government

List of former mayors: * Patrice Rioux (1979–1979) * Yves Nolet (1979–1981, 1987–1989) * Bertrand Pichette (1981–1987) * Alain Sinotte (1989–2000) * Gérald Charron (2000–2013, 2017–present) * Isabelle Morin (2013–2017)


See also

*
List of anglophone communities in Quebec This is a list of anglophone communities in the Canadian province of Quebec. Municipalities with a high percentage of English-speakers in Quebec are listed. The provincial average of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English is 7.6%, with a tot ...
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List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the Provinces and te ...


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External links

* Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub