Saint-Ludger

Saint-Ludger
Municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM
Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Ludger is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Ludger
Saint-Ludger
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′N 70°42′W / 45.75°N 70.7°W / 45.75; -70.7
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Granit
ConstitutedFebruary 25, 1998
Government
 • MayorDenis Poulin
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
 • Total
128.70 km2 (49.69 sq mi)
 • Land127.58 km2 (49.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
1,074
 • Density8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 0.3%
 • Dwellings
507
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1W0
Area code819
Highways R-204
Websitewww.st-ludger.qc.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Saint-Ludger is a municipality in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. The population is 1,074 as of 2021.

The municipality of Saint-Ludger was created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the village of Saint-Ludger, the municipality of Risborough and the township of Gayhurst-Partie-Sud-Est. The first settlers arrived in the area before 1863. It is named in honour of Ludger of Utrecht, the first bishop of Münster in the 9th century.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Ludger had a population of 1,074 living in 449 of its 507 total private dwellings, a change of 0.3% from its 2016 population of 1,071. With a land area of 127.58 km2 (49.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km2 (21.8/sq mi) in 2021.

References

  1. ↑ "Reference number 342511". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30072". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Saint-Ludger, Quebec". 26 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2026.