Saint-Sébastien, Estrie

Not to be confused with Saint-Sébastien, Montérégie, Quebec.

Saint-Sébastien
Municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Sébastien Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N 70°58′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	March 15, 1975
Government [2]
• Mayor	France Bisson
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	91.10 km^2 (35.17 sq mi)
• Land	91.95 km^2 (35.50 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	674
• Density	7.3/km^2 (19/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.6%
• Dwellings	329
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1M0
Area code	819
Highways	R-263
Website	www.st-sebastien.com

Saint-Sébastien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sebastjɛ̃]) is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is named after Saint Sebastian, who died c. 288.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Sébastien had a population of 674 living in 301 of its 329 total private dwellings, a change of 2.6% from its 2016 population of 657. With a land area of 91.95 km² (35.50 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km² (19.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 72586". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

External links

• Media related to Saint-Sébastien, Estrie, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons