Packington is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
Packington | |
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Parish municipality | |
Location within Témiscouata RCM | |
Packington Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°29′N 68°47′W[1] | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Témiscouata |
| Constituted | October 6, 1925 |
| Named for | John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Emilien Beaulieu |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 123.30 km2 (47.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 578 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | |
| • Dwellings | 419 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0L 1Z0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Packington had a population of 578 living in 273 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of -4.1% from its 2016 population of 603. With a land area of 118.75 km2 (45.85 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km2 (12.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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