East Bolton

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

East Bolton

Bolton-Est

Municipality

Town hall

Location within Memphrémagog RCM

East Bolton

Location in southern Quebec

Coordinates: 45°12′N 72°21′W﻿ / ﻿45.2°N 72.35°W﻿ / 45.2; -72.35[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Estrie
RCM| Memphrémagog
Constituted| December 28, 1876
Government

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• Mayor| Royal Dupuis
• Federal riding| Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding| Orford
Area

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• Total

| 81.60 km2 (31.51 sq mi)
• Land| 79.39 km2 (30.65 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[4]

• Total

| 1,108
• Density| 14/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021

|  17.9%
• Dwellings

| 856
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)|

J0E 1G0

Area code(s)| 450 and 579
Highways|  R-243
R-245
Website| www.boltonest.ca

East Bolton (French: Bolton-Est) is a municipality of about 1,000 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.

It is the birthplace of Reginald Fessenden, a radio pioneer who developed the foundations of amplitude modulation (AM) technology.

## Demographics

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### Population

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Population trend:[5]

Census  | Population  | Change (%)

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2021  | 1,108  |  17,9%
2016  | 940  |  3.3%
2011  | 910  |  29.3%
2006  | 704  |  1.0%
2001  | 697  |  7.1%
1996  | 651  |  9.4%
1991  | 595  | N/A

### Language

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Mother tongue (2021)[4]

Language  | Population  | Pct (%)

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French only  | 790  | 71.3%
English only  | 265  | 23.8%
Non-official language  | 30  | 2.6%
English & French  | 20  | 1.7%
English and non-official language  | 5  | 0.4%

## See also

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* List of anglophone communities in Quebec
* List of municipalities in Quebec
* West Bolton, Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 6789". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Bolton-Est
3. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROME--MISSISQUOI (Quebec)
4. ^ a b c 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Bolton-Est, Quebec
5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

## External links

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* Media related to Bolton-Est, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
* Welcome to East Bolton
* Official tourist site for Memphremagog

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Places adjacent to East Bolton

| Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton | Eastman |

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West Bolton |

East Bolton

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Subdivisions of Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality

Cities & Towns|

* Magog
* Stanstead

Municipalities|

* Austin
* East Bolton
* Eastman
* Hatley
* Ogden
* Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
* Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton
* Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley

Townships|

* Hatley
* Orford
* Potton
* Stanstead

Villages|

*     * Ayer's Cliff
* North Hatley
* Stukely-Sud

* Regional County Municipalities in Estrie:
Coaticook
* Le Granit
* Le Haut-Saint-François
* Le Val-Saint-François
* Les Sources
* Memphrémagog

* Independent Cities: Sherbrooke

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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