Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Coordinates: 48°29′49″N 68°14′56″W / 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W / 48.4970265; -68.2488766
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Saint-Donat
Parish municipality
Location within La Mitis RCM
Location within La Mitis RCM
Saint-Donat is located in Eastern Quebec
Saint-Donat
Saint-Donat
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°29′49″N 68°14′56″W / 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W / 48.4970265; -68.2488766[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedMarch 10, 1869
Government
[2]
 • MayorMichel Côté
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total95.30 km2 (36.80 sq mi)
 • Land95.80 km2 (36.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total835
 • Density8.7/km2 (23/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 4.7%
 • Dwellings
478
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0K 1L0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-298
Websitewww.saintdonat.ca

Saint-Donat is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 835.

History[edit]

The parish was formed around a church c. 1700 and established in 1869 as part of the Mont-Joli municipal agglomeration. Saint-Donat then separated from Mont-Joli in 1976 along with Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage and Sainte-Luce.

Demographics[edit]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Donat had a population of 835 living in 400 of its 478 total private dwellings, a change of -4.7% from its 2016 population of 876. With a land area of 95.8 km2 (37.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.7/km2 (22.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population[edit]

Population trend:[5]

Census Population Change (%)
2021 835 Decrease 4.7%
2016 876 Decrease 1.6%
2011 890 Decrease 0.2%
2006 892 Increase 5.3%
2001 847 Increase 4.3%
1996 812 Increase 6.8%
1991 760 Decrease 8.8%
1986 833 Decrease 1%
1981 841 Increase 10.5%
1976 761 Decrease 12%
1971 865 Decrease 12.3%
1966 986 Decrease 12.1%
1961 1,122 Decrease 5.9%
1956 1,192 Increase 6.2%
1951 1,122 Decrease 12.5%
1941 1,283 Decrease 4.8%
1931 1,347 Increase 13.3%
1921 1,189 Increase 29%
1911 922 Increase 15%
1901 802 Increase 5.5%
1891 760 Decrease 16.8%
1881 914 Increase 11.6%
1871 819 N/A

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55936". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=saint%2Ddonat&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052409030
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2011 census

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