| Official Name: | Saint-Hilaire |
| Other Name: | St. Hilaire |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick. |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Saint-Hilaire |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Madawaska—Restigouche |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Village Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Roland Dubé |
| Leader Title1: | Councillors |
| Established Title: | Village Status |
| Established Date: | 1967 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.68 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 252 |
| Population Density Km2: | 44.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 16.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 101 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.2925°N -68.3925°W |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank2 Name: | Access Routes |
Saint-Hilaire (2016 population: 252[2]) is a former Canadian village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.[3] It is now part of Haut-Madawaska.
The legal spelling of the name was St. Hilaire but this was used only sporadically by the provincial government.
The largest employer is a composting plant.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
The municipality was constituted on 2 October 1967. It consists of a mayor and three councillors.
The Saint John river valley is cut between two sets of peaks. The town is roughly 200m above sea level, while a peak of roughly 1000m is seen nearby. Frenchville, Maine is across the river. The steel truss Clair – Fort Kent Bridge is upriver about five miles, while downstream the next border crossing is the Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge (also a steel truss).
The nearest post office is upriver in Baker Brook. A railway and NB Route 120 go through town, as well as the Saint John River. The elementary school closed in 1996 due to lack of students. The Caisse Populaire Trois-Rives maintains a branch. The nearest Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment is in Clair, New Brunswick, while the nearest hospital is located in Edmundston.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick 2011 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 235 | 95.92% | 5 | 2.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 2.04% | ||||||||||||
| n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | n/a | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 250 | 16.3% | 100.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 215 | 10.4% | 91.49% | 10 | n/a% | 4.26% | 10 | 0.0% | 4.26% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 240 | n/a | 96.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 10 | n/a | 4.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | ||||||||
See main article: List of people from Madawaska County, New Brunswick.