| Saint-Donat | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in eastern Quebec |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | La Mitis |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | March 10, 1869 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Michel Côté |
| Leader Title1: | |
| Leader Name1: | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area Total Km2: | 95.30 |
| Area Land Km2: | 95.80 |
| Population Total: | 835 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 8.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.7% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 478 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0K 1L0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Donat is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 835.
The parish was formed around a church c. 1700 and established in 1869 as part of the Mont-Joli municipal agglomeration. Saint-Donat then separated from Mont-Joli in 1976 along with Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage and Sainte-Luce.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Donat had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 95.8km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
Population trend:[2]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 835 | 4.7% | |
| 2016 | 876 | 1.6% | |
| 2011 | 890 | 0.2% | |
| 2006 | 892 | 5.3% | |
| 2001 | 847 | 4.3% | |
| 1996 | 812 | 6.8% | |
| 1991 | 760 | 8.8% | |
| 1986 | 833 | 1% | |
| 1981 | 841 | 10.5% | |
| 1976 | 761 | 12% | |
| 1971 | 865 | 12.3% | |
| 1966 | 986 | 12.1% | |
| 1961 | 1,122 | 5.9% | |
| 1956 | 1,192 | 6.2% | |
| 1951 | 1,122 | 12.5% | |
| 1941 | 1,283 | 4.8% | |
| 1931 | 1,347 | 13.3% | |
| 1921 | 1,189 | 29% | |
| 1911 | 922 | 15% | |
| 1901 | 802 | 5.5% | |
| 1891 | 760 | 16.8% | |
| 1881 | 914 | 11.6% | |
| 1871 | 819 | N/A |