Saint-Éloi is a parish municipality in the region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. Its population was 310 in the Canada 2021 Census.

History

On March 9, 1848, the parish of Saint-Éloi was canonically erected by separating an area from the parishes of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de L'Isle-Verte and Notre-Dame-des-Neiges de Trois-Pistoles. It was erected civilly on the following June 13. Parish registers were also opened in 1848. The first parish priest was Thomas Aubert from Gaspé. Previously, the parish had been served by the parish priests of Trois-Pistoles and L'Isle-Verte. The first chapel was built in 1849 and in 1853, the post office was opened under the name of Saint-Éloi. The municipality of Saint-Éloi was officially created on July 1st 1855. The municipality lost an important part of its territory in 1883 when Saint-Cyprien (then called Hocquart) was separated from Saint-Éloi. On September 14, 1924, the first cornerstone of the current church was blessed. On 15 September 1926, the first mass was celebrated in the current church.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Éloi had a population of 310 living in 136 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 286. With a land area of 65.77 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

Notable people born in Saint-Éloi include jazz musician Alain Caron and Quebec premier Adélard Godbout.