| 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: | Pascal Rioux |
| 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.
Saint-Donat was originally a sector of Sainte-Luce. Saint-Donat split from Sainte-Luce in 1869 to became the parish municipality of Saint-Donat. The original economic vocation of Saint-Donat was based almost entirely on forestry, as evidenced by the many remnants of the sawmills that once dotted the area. Later, like many other towns in the region, agriculture became the main activity.
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 |
Mother tongue language (2021)[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 825 | 98.8% | |
| English only | 5 | 0.6% | |
| Both English and French | 10 | 1.2% | |
| Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |