Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Parish municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°38′N 70°40′W / 46.633°N 70.667°W / 46.633; -70.667[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedDecember 20, 1890
Government
[2]
 • MayorHervé Blais
 • Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total82.70 km2 (31.93 sq mi)
 • Land82.07 km2 (31.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total1,956
 • Density23.8/km2 (62/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Decrease 5.6%
 • Dwellings
944
Postal code(s)
G0R 2Y0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-279
Websitewww.saint-damien.com

Saint-Damien-de-Buckland is a parish municipality in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The population was 1,956 in the Canada 2016 Census.

IPL, a manufacturer of wheeled carts and other plastic related products, is located in Saint-Damien and is the biggest employer in the immediate area.[4][5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland had a population of 1,893 living in 828 of its 949 total private dwellings, a change of -3.2% from its 2016 population of 1,956. With a land area of 82.04 km2 (31.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.1/km2 (59.8/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55885". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Paroisse (Municipalité de) [Census subdivision], Quebec and Saint-Raymond [Population centre], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "IPL's cart business keeps on rolling". Canadian Plastics. June 16, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ↑ "IPL | Novacap". www.novacap.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ "" Aux Jeux, tout le monde a une chance "". La Presse+ (in French). 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-07.




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