Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec

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Saint-Donat
Parish municipality
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Location within La Mitis RCM
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Saint-Donat
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°29′49″N68°14′56″W / 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W / 48.4970265; -68.2488766 Coordinates: 48°29′49″N68°14′56″W / 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W / 48.4970265; -68.2488766 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM La Mitis
ConstitutedMarch 10, 1869
Government
[2]
 • MayorMichel Côté
 •  Federal riding Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 •  Prov. riding Matane-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
Decrease2.svg 4.7%
 • Dwellings
478
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0K 1L0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
HighwaysQc298.svg Route 298
Website www.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.

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History

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

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

Population

Population trend: [5]

CensusPopulationChange (%)
2021835Decrease2.svg 4.7%
2016876Decrease2.svg 1.6%
2011890Decrease2.svg 0.2%
2006892Increase2.svg 5.3%
2001847Increase2.svg 4.3%
1996812Increase2.svg 6.8%
1991760Decrease2.svg 8.8%
1986833Decrease2.svg 1%
1981841Increase2.svg 10.5%
1976761Decrease2.svg 12%
1971865Decrease2.svg 12.3%
1966986Decrease2.svg 12.1%
19611,122Decrease2.svg 5.9%
19561,192Increase2.svg 6.2%
19511,122Decrease2.svg 12.5%
19411,283Decrease2.svg 4.8%
19311,347Increase2.svg 13.3%
19211,189Increase2.svg 29%
1911922Increase2.svg 15%
1901802Increase2.svg 5.5%
1891760Decrease2.svg 16.8%
1881914Increase2.svg 11.6%
1871819N/A

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References

  1. ↑ "Reference number 55936 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Geographic code 09030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 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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