Saint-Damase is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
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Saint-Damase | |
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Parish municipality | |
![]() Location within La Matapédia RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Damase Location in eastern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 48°40′N 67°50′W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Matapédia |
Settled | 1868 |
Constituted | December 31, 1885 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Marc Dumont |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 118.20 km2 (45.64 sq mi) |
• Land | 116.69 km2 (45.05 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[4] | |
• Total | 426 |
• Density | 3.7/km2 (10/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 210 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0J 2J0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website | saint-damase |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 435 | — |
1996 | 439 | +0.9% |
2001 | 449 | +2.3% |
2006 | 446 | −0.7% |
2011 | 397 | −11.0% |
2016 | 426 | +7.3% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Damase had a population of 382 living in 165 of its 178 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 356. With a land area of 116.42 km2 (44.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 426 (+7.3% from 2011) | 397 (-11.0% from 2006) |
Land area | 116.69 km2 (45.05 sq mi) | 117.02 km2 (45.18 sq mi) |
Population density | 3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi) | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
Median age | 49.8 (M: 52.1, F: 47.3) | 45.9 (M: 47.2, F: 45.5) |
Total private dwellings | 210 | 177 |
Median household income | $56,960 | $40,898 |
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