A tiny village on Quebec’s Lower North Shore hit the jackpot when a winning Lotto Max ticket turned more than a dozen of its residents into instant millionaires.

The prize was $50 million, meaning the 14 members of the group each won $3,571,428, said Loto-Quebec.

Thirteen out of 14 winners live in St. Paul’s River, a community only accessible by boat or plane, which boasts a population of about 150, meaning almost 10 per cent the community are now multi-millionaires,

reported the CBC.

The group of villagers had been playing the lottery together for about 20 years and purchased the winning ticket at the community’s only general store.

Loto-Quebec said Diana Griffin Blanche was having her morning coffee the day after the draw in early September, when she said to her friend “Check, but I think we won 50 million.”

“The excellent news spread like wildfire in the region …. Through calls and word of mouth, the other winners were quickly tracked down. Soon, everyone gathered at the general store for an impromptu party filled with cries of joy and emotions,”

said the press release.

Loretta Cabot Griffin, who is in her seventies, found out about the win when she was at work at the fish processing plant.

“When she learned she was now a millionaire: she took off her hairnet and announced that she was retiring on the spot,” said Loto-Quebec.

Della Spingle, another of the ticketholders, and her husband Chesley Griffin, who own St-Paul’s River General Store, scored a double win. The retailer who sold the winning ticket receives a 1 per cent commission of $500,000.

Griffin told the CBC that the win was proving a boost to the whole community. Local carpenters are “getting bombarded with calls” from lottery winners who can finally make the upgrades to their homes that they have wanted to do for years.