St. Isidore (formerly known as St. Isidore de Prescott) is a community in The Nation Municipality in Prescott and Russell County in

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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. 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

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, St. Isidore had a population of 751 in the

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. A 24 megawatt

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is located near the town. The St-Isidore Catholic Church, built in 1879 was destroyed by fire on July 23, 2016.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, St. Isidore had a population of 892 living in 370 of its 385 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 805. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. *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

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- professional ice hockey player *

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References

Former villages in Ontario Communities in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell Designated places in Ontario {{EasternOntario-geo-stub