Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec

Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W / 46.617; -70.550
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Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland is located in Southern Quebec
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W / 46.617; -70.550[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1885
Government
 • MayorJuliette Laflamme
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • Total96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi)
 • Land94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total785
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 3.7%
 • Dwellings
533
Postal code(s)
Area codes418 and 581
Highways R-216
R-279

Buckland is a parish municipality of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to it as simply Buckland.

Demographics[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland had a population of 767 living in 381 of its 519 total private dwellings, a change of -0.1% from its 2016 population of 768. With a land area of 94.71 km2 (36.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.1/km2 (21.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44835". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19010". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec (Code 2419010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.