Saint-Donat,_Bas-Saint-Laurent,_Quebec
Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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.
Saint-Donat | |
|---|---|
Location within La Mitis RCM | |
| Coordinates: 48.4970265°N 68.2488766°W / 48.4970265; -68.2488766[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| 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 |  4.7% |
| • Dwellings | 478 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-298 |
| Website | www |
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.
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
Population trend:[5]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 835 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 876 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 890 | 0.2% |
| 2006 | 892 |  5.3% |
| 2001 | 847 | 4.3% |
| 1996 | 812 | 6.8% |
| 1991 | 760 | 8.8% |
| 1986 | 833 | 1% |
| 1981 | 841 | 10.5% |
| 1976 | 761 | 12% |
| 1971 | 865 | 12.3% |
| 1966 | 986 | 12.1% |
| 1961 | 1,122 | 5.9% |
| 1956 | 1,192 | 6.2% |
| 1951 | 1,122 | 12.5% |
| 1941 | 1,283 | 4.8% |
| 1931 | 1,347 | 13.3% |
| 1921 | 1,189 | 29% |
| 1911 | 922 | 15% |
| 1901 | 802 | 5.5% |
| 1891 | 760 | 16.8% |
| 1881 | 914 | 11.6% |
| 1871 | 819 | N/A |
- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55936". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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