Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is a parish municipality in Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,407 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The parish's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne, a village in East Dorset, England.

Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Parish municipality
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°41′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Centre
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named for	Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis and Cranborne, England[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	André Labbé
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Nord
Area [2][3]
• Total	130.50 km2 (50.39 sq mi)
• Land	130.61 km2 (50.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,407
• Density	10.8/km2 (28/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.4%
• Dwellings	604
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 3A0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 275 Route 276
Website	saint-odilon.qc.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne had a population of 1,407 living in 565 of its 604 total private dwellings, a change of 2.4% from its 2016 population of 1,374. With a land area of 130.61 km² (50.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.8/km² (27.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Notable people

• Simon Nolet, a former National Hockey League player
• Prosper-Edmond Lessard, (1873-1931) Alberta provincial politician and Senator

References

External links

• Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne (in French)