Saint-Gilbert, Quebec


Saint-Gilbert is a parish [municipality (Quebec)|parish municipality] of about 280 people in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It has the smallest population of all municipalities in Portneuf RCM.

History

In 1893, the Parish of Saint-Gilbert was formed, named in honour of Gilbert Frenette, an early settler who had donated the land on which the parish church was to be built. That same year, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Gilbert was created out of territory ceded by Saint-Alban and Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault, and its post office opened.

Demographics

In the 2021 [Canadian census|2021 Census of Population] conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Gilbert had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
Mother tongue :
  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 98.2%
  • English and French as first languages: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%