Packington is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.

History

The Municipality was founded in 1925 under the name Saint-Benoît-Abbé. In 1972, the name was changed to Packington, a name that was originally used to name this territory.

Pakington was one of the organizing communities of the 5th Acadian World Congress in 2014.

Demographics

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 km (45.85 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km (12.6/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

• Temiscouata Regional County Municipality
• Branche à Jerry, a stream
• Baker River North (Quebec-New Brunswick), au stream
• List of parish municipalities in Quebec