Saint-Benjamin is a municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,090 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named in tribute to Reverend Benjamin Demers, promoter of the new parish in 1895.

Saint-Benjamin
Municipality
Downtown Saint-Benjamin
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Saint-Benjamin Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°17′N 70°36′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	January 9, 1897
Government [2]
• Mayor	Benjamin Arseneau
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	112.50 km2 (43.44 sq mi)
• Land	111.53 km2 (43.06 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,090
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	10.4%
• Dwellings	493
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1N0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 275
Website	www.st-benjamin.qc.ca

The Caron twins grew up in Saint-Benjamin.

History

Originally, the territory were Saint-Benjamin is located was known as Saint-François-de-la-Beauce. The boundaries were roughly similar of those of the current city of Beauceville. In 1855, From those boundaries emerged the Parish of Saint-François from witch Saint-Benjamin spitted away in 1897.

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire