Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset

Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Parish municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°52′N 70°51′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	April 12, 1916
Government [2]
• Mayor	Michel Breton
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	189.40 km2 (73.13 sq mi)
• Land	186.77 km2 (72.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	96
• Density	0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.1%
• Dwellings	56
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1G0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.sthilairededorset.ca

The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England.

History

Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset was officially created on March 28, 1946. Thirty years after the creation of the religious parish.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset had a population of 96 living in 44 of its 56 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 95. With a land area of 186.77 km² (72.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]