Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Quebec

Saint-Camille-de-Lellis is a parish in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 737 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Saint Camillus de Lellis, but also commemorates Reverend Camille-Stanislas Brochu, first priest of the parish.

Saint-Camille-de-Lellis
Parish municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°27′N 70°11′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	January 11, 1904
Named for	Camillus de Lellis[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Rachel Goupil
• Federal riding	Lévis—Bellechasse
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area [2][3]
• Total	251.50 km2 (97.10 sq mi)
• Land	251.92 km2 (97.27 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	737
• Density	2.9/km2 (7.6/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2021	10.9%
• Dwellings	467
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 2S0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-204 R-281
Website	www.saint-camille.net

Saint-Camille-de-Lellis lies on the Canada–United States border.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Camille-de-Lellis had a population of 737 living in 380 of its 458 total private dwellings, a change of -2% from its 2016 population of 752. With a land area of 251.93 km² (97.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km² (7.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55777". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28070". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Paroisse (Municipalité de) [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

See also

• Daaquam River, a stream
• Orignaux River (Black River), a stream
• Black River (Daaquam River), a stream
• Little River (Black River), a stream
• Southwest Branch of Saint-John River, a stream
• Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality (RCM)