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

Geography

Dominating the eastern plateau of the Chaudière valley and bounded to the northeast by Lac-Etchemin, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne offers an exceptional view and panorama. Benefiting from a unique geographical location, in the immediate vicinity of Highway 73 and the urban core of Beauce, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne has been the scene of major residential and industrial development since 1990.

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 km (50.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.8/km (27.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Notable people

• Simon Nolet, a former National Hockey League player
• Prosper-Edmond Lessard, (1873-1931) Alberta provincial politician and Senator
• François Thibodeau (1939–2023), fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston