Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Appearance
Saint-Donat | |
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![]() Location within La Mitis RCM | |
Coordinates: 48°29′49″N 68°14′56″W / 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Mitis |
Constituted | March 10, 1869 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michel Côté |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 95.30 km2 (36.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 95.80 km2 (36.99 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 835 |
• Density | 8.7/km2 (23/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 478 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | www |
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 (%) |
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2021 | 835 | ![]() |
2016 | 876 | ![]() |
2011 | 890 | ![]() |
2006 | 892 | ![]() |
2001 | 847 | ![]() |
1996 | 812 | ![]() |
1991 | 760 | ![]() |
1986 | 833 | ![]() |
1981 | 841 | ![]() |
1976 | 761 | ![]() |
1971 | 865 | ![]() |
1966 | 986 | ![]() |
1961 | 1,122 | ![]() |
1956 | 1,192 | ![]() |
1951 | 1,122 | ![]() |
1941 | 1,283 | ![]() |
1931 | 1,347 | ![]() |
1921 | 1,189 | ![]() |
1911 | 922 | ![]() |
1901 | 802 | ![]() |
1891 | 760 | ![]() |
1881 | 914 | ![]() |
1871 | 819 | N/A |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55936". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2011 census
External links
[edit]Media related to Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons