Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec

Buckland is a parish municipality of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to it as simply Buckland.

Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Parish municipality
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Location within Bellechasse RCM.
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland is located in Southern Quebec
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBellechasse
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1885
Government
[2]
 • MayorJuliette Laflamme
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi)
 • Land94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total785
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 3.7%
 • Dwellings
533
Postal code(s)
G0R 1G0
Area codes418 and 581
Highways R-216
R-279

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland had a population of 767 living in 381 of its 519 total private dwellings, a change of -0.1% from its 2016 population of 768. With a land area of 94.71 km2 (36.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.1/km2 (21.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Reference number 44835 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 19010 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec (Code 2419010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.




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