Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec
# Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec

Saint-Octave-de-Métis is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Octave-de-Métis had a population of 493 living in 207 of its 221 total private dwellings, a change of -3.5% from its 2016 population of 511. With a land area of 75.16 $km^2$ (29.02 sq mi), it had a population density of $6.6/km^2$ (17.0/sq mi) in 2021.

## Notable people

* Jules-André Brillant, born 1888, baptized and educated in Saint-Octave-de-Métis, French Canadian entrepreneur
* Hormisdas Langlais, born 1890, Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
* Marguerite Ruest-Pitre, born 1908, Canadian murderer also known as "Madame le Corbeau", last woman criminal executed in Canada (1953)
* Marie-Thérèse Fortin, born 1959, Canadian actress
* Anaïs Favron, born 1977, radio and TV host, actress, and improviser
