Buckland is a parish municipality of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to it as simply Buckland.
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland | |
|---|---|
 Location within Bellechasse RCM. | |
  Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′N 70°33′W / 46.617°N 70.550°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Bellechasse |
| Constituted | January 1, 1885 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juliette Laflamme |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
• Total | 96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 785 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  3.7% |
| • Dwellings | 533 |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-216  R-279 |
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland had a population of 767 living in 381 of its 519 total private dwellings, a change of -0.1% from its 2016 population of 768. With a land area of 94.71 km2 (36.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.1/km2 (21.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44835". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 19010". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec (Code 2419010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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