Stanstead, Quebec (township)

For the city of the same name, see Stanstead, Quebec.

Township municipality in Quebec, Canada

Stanstead

Township municipality

Amy Corners Area

Location within Memphrémagog RCM

Stanstead

Location in southern Quebec

Coordinates: 45°05′N 72°08′W﻿ / ﻿45.083°N 72.133°W﻿ / 45.083; -72.133[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Estrie
RCM| Memphrémagog
Constituted| July 1, 1855
Government

[2][3]

• Mayor| Eric Evans
• Federal riding| Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding| Orford
Area

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• Total| 135.70 km2 (52.39 sq mi)
• Land| 113.20 km2 (43.71 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[4]

• Total| 1,148
• Density| 10.1/km2 (26/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021

|  10.8%
• Dwellings

| 957
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)|

J1X 3W4

Area code| 819
Highways|  R-247
Website| www.cantonstanstead.ca

Stanstead is a township municipality of about 1,100 people in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is not to be confused with the city of Stanstead, which is nearby although not directly adjacent (the municipality of Ogden lies in between).

Formally, the township consists of two villages: Fitch Bay (founded in 1855) and Georgeville (founded in the 1890s). Both villages formed as a result of English-speaking migrants from the United States state of Vermont[citation needed] until borderline customs stations were established after 1920.[citation needed] Today, the population is bilingual with predominance in French language (about 64%).

## Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stanstead had a population of 1,148 living in 553 of its 957 total private dwellings, a change of 10.8% from its 2016 population of 1,036. With a land area of 113.2 km2 (43.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.1/km2 (26.3/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

## See also

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* List of anglophone communities in Quebec
* List of township municipalities in Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 60705". 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: Stanstead (township)
3. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: COMPTON--STANSTEAD (Quebec)
4. ^ a b 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Stanstead (township), Quebec
5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

## External links

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* Media related to Stanstead, Quebec (township) at Wikimedia Commons

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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Austin, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac / Lake Memphremagog | Magog | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley

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Potton / Lake Memphremagog |

Stanstead (township)

| Stanstead-Est
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| Ogden |

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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

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