| 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 Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| 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.
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.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Hilaire had a population of 273 living in 93 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 252. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
| 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% | ||||||||