Saint-Sébastien () is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is named after Saint Sebastian, who died c. 288.
History Settled in 1846 by people from Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, Saint-Lambert (Lévis) and Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, they founded Aylmer in 1855. The church of Saint-Sébastien was completed in 1889. In 1904, a section of Aylmer was taken for the creation of Courcelles. In 1933, the village section of Aylmer split off to became Saint-Sébstien. In 1958 Aylmer also changed its name to Saint-Sébastien. In 1975, both Saint-Sébastien merged to create the current municipality of Saint-Sébastien.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Sébastien 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.
Notable people The politician Madeleine Bélanger and the novelist Andrée A. Michaud were born in Saint-Sébastien.
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