Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,248 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Édouard Faucher, founder and first priest of the parish, and René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière, first owner of the seigneurie in which Saint-Édouard lay.

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Parish municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°34′N 71°50′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedDecember 1, 1862
Government
[2]
 • MayorAlain Soucy
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2][3]
 • Total98.50 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
 • Land98.54 km2 (38.05 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,248
 • Density12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 1.0%
 • Dwellings
531
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1Y0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-226
Websitewww.municipalite.
st-edouard.qc.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière had a population of 1,240 living in 520 of its 557 total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of 1,194. With a land area of 98.43 km2 (38.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.6/km2 (32.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Reference number 56141 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 33080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec (Code 2433080) 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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