Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°22′N 70°41′W / 46.367°N 70.683°W / 46.367; -70.683^[1]Country

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBeauce-CentreConstitutedJuly 1, 1855Named forPierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis and Cranborne, England^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorAndré Labbé • Federal ridingBeauce • Prov. ridingBeauce-NordArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total130.50 km² (50.39 sq mi) • Land130.61 km² (50.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total1,407 • Density10.8/km² (28/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

2.4% • Dwellings

604Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0S 3A0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-275

R-276Websitesaint-odilon.qc.ca

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 East Dorset, England.

Geography

Dominating the eastern plateau of the Chaudière valley and bounded to the northeast by Lac-Etchemin, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne offers an exceptional view and panorama. Benefiting from a unique geographical location, in the immediate vicinity of Highway 73 and the urban core of Beauce, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne has been the scene of major residential and industrial development since 1990.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne had a population of 1,407 living in 565 of its 604 total private dwellings, a change of 2.4% from its 2016 population of 1,374. With a land area of 130.61 km² (50.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.8/km² (27.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Notable people

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^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 57333". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 27035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ "Death of The Most Reverend François Thibodeau, C.J.M." Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2023-07-04. Archived from the original on 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-24.