Saint-Benjamin | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.2833°N -106°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Les Etchemins |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 9, 1897 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Benjamin Arseneau |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Beauce |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Beauce-Sud |
Area Total Km2: | 112.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 111.53 |
Population Total: | 1090 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 9.8 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 10.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 493 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0M 1N0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Benjamin is a municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,090 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named in tribute to Reverend Benjamin Demers, promoter of the new parish in 1895.
The Caron twins grew up in Saint-Benjamin.
Originally, the territory were Saint-Benjamin is located was known as Saint-François-de-la-Beauce. The boundaries were roughly similar of those of the current city of Beauceville. In 1855, From those boundaries emerged the Parish of Saint-François from witch Saint-Benjamin spitted away in 1897.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Benjamin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 111.53km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]