Saint-Éloi is a parish municipality in the region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. Its population was 310 in the Canada 2021 Census.
Saint-Éloi | |
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Parish municipality | |
Location within Les Basques RCM | |
Saint-Éloi Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48.03°N 69.23°W / 48.03; -69.23[1] | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Les Basques |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario St-Louis |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata —Les Basques |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.90 km2 (25.44 sq mi) |
| • Land | 65.77 km2 (25.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 310 |
| • Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 | |
| • Dwellings | 151 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0L 2V0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1991 | 352 | — |
| 1996 | 340 | −3.4% |
| 2001 | 340 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 338 | −0.6% |
| 2011 | 311 | −8.0% |
| 2016 | 286 | −8.0% |
| 2021 | 310 | +8.4% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Éloi had a population of 310 living in 136 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change of 8.4% from its 2016 population of 286. With a land area of 65.77 km2 (25.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.7/km2 (12.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
| 2021 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 310 (+8.4% from 2016) | 311 (-8.0% from 2006) |
| Land area | 65.77 km2 (25.39 sq mi) | 66.80 km2 (25.79 sq mi) |
| Population density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Median age | 54.8 (M: 54.8, F: 54.8) | 48.9 (M: 49.0, F: 48.8) |
| Total private dwellings | 140 | 137 |
| Median household income | $49,255 |
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English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
310 |
305 | 98.39% | 5 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||||
2006 |
345 |
315 | 91.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 8.70% | |||||||||
2001 |
340 |
340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||||
1996 |
340 |
340 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Notable people born in Saint-Éloi include jazz musician Alain Caron and Quebec premier Adélard Godbout.
Media related to Saint-Éloi, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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