St. Isidore, Ontario
St. Isidore (formerly known as St. Isidore de Prescott) is a community in The Nation Municipality in Prescott and Russell County in Ontario, Canada.
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The town was originally called St. Isidore de Prescott, but in 1989, when the community became an incorporated village, the name was shortened to St. Isidore.[1] However, the incorporated village was short-lived and became part of The Nation Municipality nine years later in 1998. St-Isidore has a French elementary school (Kindergarten to 6) called L'école Catholique de St-Isidore . The school has between 200 and 300 students.
A designated place, St. Isidore had a population of 751 in the Canada 2006 Census.[2]
A 24 megawatt solar power plant is located near the town.
The St-Isidore Catholic Church, built in 1879 was destroyed by fire on July 23, 2016.[3]
Demographics
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- Population in 2011: 752
- Population in 2006: 751
- Total private dwellings: 330
- Land area (square km): 1.15
- Population density per square km: 652.4
- Median age of the population: 45.1
- Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling: 315
- Single-detached house: 225
- Other dwelling: 15
- Apartment, duplex: 10
- Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys: 55
People from St. Isidore
- Royal Galipeau - politician
- Valérie Grenier - Canadian alpine ski racer who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Benoît Pouliot - professional ice hockey player
- Francis Wathier - professional ice hockey player
References
- Place names of Ontario, page 302, Alan Rayburn (1997) ISBN 0-8020-7207-0
- "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". 12.statcan.ca. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- "Press Release – The St-Isidore Church Is Engulfed in Flames". La municipalité de la Nation Municipality. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
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