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 Saint-Donat was originally a sector of Sainte-Luce. Saint-Donat split from Sainte-Luce in 1869 to became the parish municipality of Saint-Donat. The original economic vocation of Saint-Donat was based almost entirely on forestry, as evidenced by the many remnants of the sawmills that once dotted the area. Later, like many other towns in the region, agriculture became the main activity.
Writer Rejean Pigeon is from the area and one of his novel is set in Saint-Donat.https://www.journalhorizon.com/rejean-pigeon-lance-un-7e-roman/
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Donat had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2011 census 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% 1891 760 16.8% 1881 914 11.6% 1871 819 N/A
Language Mother tongue language (2021)2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Donat, Quebec Language Population Pct (%) French only 825 98.8% English only 5 0.6% Both English and French 10 1.2% Other languages 0 0.0%
See also List of parish municipalities in Quebec
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