St. Isidore, Ontario

St-Isidore

St. Isidore (formerly known as St. Isidore de Prescott) is a community in The Nation Municipality in Prescott and Russell County in Ontario, Canada.

The town was originally called St. Isidore de Prescott, but in 1989, when the community became an incorporated village, the name was shortened to St. Isidore. ^[1] However, the incorporated village was short-lived and became part of The Nation Municipality nine years later in 1998. St-Isidore has a French elementary school (Kindergarten to 6) called L'école Catholique de St-Isidore . The school has between 200 and 300 students.

A designated place, St. Isidore had a population of 751 in the Canada 2006 Census. ^[2]

A 24 megawatt solar power plant is located near the town.

The St-Isidore Catholic Church, built in 1879 was destroyed by fire on July 23, 2016. ^[3]

Demographics

Church in St. Isidore, Ontario

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Isidore had a population of 892 living in 370 of its 385 total private dwellings, a change of 10.8% from its 2016 population of 805. With a land area of 1.17 km² (0.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 762.4/km² (1,974.6/sq mi) in 2021. ^[4]

• Population in 2011: 752
• Population in 2006: 751
• Total private dwellings: 330
• Land area (square km): 1.15
• Population density per square km: 652.4
• Median age of the population: 45.1
• Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling: 315
• Single-detached house: 225
• Other dwelling: 15
• Apartment, duplex: 10
• Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys: 55

Mother tongue	Population	Percentage
English	150	21.1%
French	540	76.1%
English and French	20	2.8%

People from St. Isidore

• Royal Galipeau - politician
• Valérie Grenier - Canadian alpine ski racer who competed in the 2018, 2022, and 2026 Winter Olympics
• Benoît Pouliot - professional ice hockey player
• Francis Wathier - professional ice hockey player

References

1. Place names of Ontario, page 302, Alan Rayburn (1997) ISBN   0-8020-7207-0
2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". 12.statcan.ca. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
3. "Press Release – The St-Isidore Church Is Engulfed in Flames". La municipalité de la Nation Municipality. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved Sep 2, 2022.

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