Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Quebec

Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°27′N 70°11′W / 46.450°N 70.183°W / 46.450; -70.183^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMLes EtcheminsConstitutedJanuary 11, 1904Named forCamillus de Lellis^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorRachel Goupil • Federal riding Lévis—Bellechasse • Prov. ridingBellechasseArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total251.50 km² (97.10 sq mi) • Land251.92 km² (97.27 sq mi) There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sourcesPopulation

(2021)^[3]

• Total737 • Density2.9/km² (7.6/sq mi) • Pop 2011-2021

10.9% • Dwellings

467Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0R 2S0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-204

R-281Websitewww.saint-camille.net

Saint-Camille-de-Lellis is a parish in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 737 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Saint Camillus de Lellis, but also commemorates Reverend Camille-Stanislas Brochu, first priest of the parish.

Saint-Camille-de-Lellis lies on the Canada–United States border.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Camille-de-Lellis had a population of 737 living in 380 of its 458 total private dwellings, a change of -2% from its 2016 population of 752. With a land area of 251.93 km² (97.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55777". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Paroisse (Municipalité de) [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.