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 Dorset, England.
Geography Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is located in the eastern plateau of the Chaudière valley, southwest of Lac-Etchemin. Due to being in the immediate vicinity of Highway 73 and Beauce, it has been the scene of major residential and industrial development.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne 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 Emmy Fecteau, current Professional Women's Hockey League player 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
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External links Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne