St. Isidore, Ontario

St. Isidore (formerly known as St. Isidore de Prescott) is a community in The Nation Municipality in Prescott and Russell County in Ontario, Canada.

St-Isidore

The town was originally called St. Isidore de Prescott, but in 1989, when the community became an incorporated village, the name was shortened to St. Isidore.^[1] However, the incorporated village was short-lived and became part of The Nation Municipality nine years later in 1998. St-Isidore has a French elementary school (Kindergarten to 6) called L'école Catholique de St-Isidore . The school has between 200 and 300 students.

A designated place, St. Isidore had a population of 751 in the Canada 2006 Census.^[2]

A 24 megawatt solar power plant is located near the town.

The St-Isidore Catholic Church, built in 1879 was destroyed by fire on July 23, 2016.^[3]

Demographics

Church in St. Isidore, Ontario

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Isidore had a population of 892 living in 370 of its 385 total private dwellings, a change of 10.8% from its 2016 population of 805. With a land area of 1.17 km² (0.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 762.4/km² (1,974.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

• Population in 2011: 752
• Population in 2006: 751
• Total private dwellings: 330
• Land area (square km): 1.15
• Population density per square km: 652.4
• Median age of the population: 45.1
• Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling: 315
• Single-detached house: 225
• Other dwelling: 15
• Apartment, duplex: 10
• Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys: 55

Mother tongue	Population	Percentage
English	150	21.1%
French	540	76.1%
English and French	20	2.8%

People from St. Isidore

• Royal Galipeau - politician
• Valérie Grenier - Canadian alpine ski racer who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics
• Benoît Pouliot - professional ice hockey player
• Francis Wathier - professional ice hockey player