Saint-Donat, Quebec (parish)
Saint-Donat is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 835.
History
The parish was formed around a church c. 1700 and established in 1869 as part of the Mont-Joli municipal agglomeration. Saint-Donat then separated from Mont-Joli in 1976 along with Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage and Sainte-Luce.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Donat had a population of 835 living in 400 of its 478 total private dwellings, a change of -4.7% from its 2016 population of 876. With a land area of 95.8 km (37.0 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.7/km (22.6/sq mi) in 2021.
Population
Population trend:
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 835 |  4.7%
|
| 2016 | 876 | 1.6%
|
| 2011 | 890 | 0.2%
|
| 2006 | 892 |  5.3%
|
| 2001 | 847 | 4.3%
|
| 1996 | 812 | 6.8%
|
| 1991 | 760 | 8.8%
|
| 1986 | 833 | 1%
|
| 1981 | 841 | 10.5%
|
| 1976 | 761 | 12%
|
| 1971 | 865 | 12.3%
|
| 1966 | 986 | 12.1%
|
| 1961 | 1,122 | 5.9%
|
| 1956 | 1,192 | 6.2%
|
| 1951 | 1,122 | 12.5%
|
| 1941 | 1,283 | 4.8%
|
| 1931 | 1,347 | 13.3%
|
| 1921 | 1,189 | 29%
|
| 1911 | 922 | 15%
|
| 1901 | 802 | 5.5%
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| 1891 | 760 | 16.8%
|
| 1881 | 914 | 11.6%
|
| 1871 | 819 | N/A |