Stratford, Quebec

Stratford
Township municipality
Village of Stratford
Location within Le Granit RCM
Stratford Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N71°17′W / 45.78°N 71.28°W / 45.78; -71.28 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	1857
Named for	Stratford-upon-Avon [1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jacques Fontaine
•  Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
•  Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2] [3]
• Total	139.50 km2 (53.86 sq mi)
• Land	119.86 km2 (46.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [3]
• Total	1,036
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	9.6%
• Dwellings	946
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1P0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-161
Website	www.munstratford.qc.ca

Stratford is a township municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. A township municipality is all or part of the territory of a township (townships were originally only a land surveying feature) set up as a municipality.

The first European settlers arrived in 1848. ^[4] The town is named after Stratford-upon-Avon in England. ^[5]

The town contains Lake Elgin and part of Lake Aylmer.

The population, almost entirely francophone, ^[6] was 1,036 in the Canada 2021 Census.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stratford had a population of 1,036 living in 533 of its 946 total private dwellings, a change of 9.6% from its 2016 population of 945. With a land area of 119.86 km² (46.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.6/km² (22.4/sq mi) in 2021. ^[7]

Canada census – Stratford, Quebec community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,036 (-9.6% from 2016)	945 (-11.0% from 2011)	1,062 (-2.2% from 2006)
Land area	119.86 km2 (46.28 sq mi)	120.89 km2 (46.68 sq mi)	120.45 km2 (46.51 sq mi)
Population density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Median age	61.2 (M: 61.2, F: 61.2)	58.3 (M: 59.0, F: 57.9)	55.3 (M: 55.5, F: 55.1)
Private dwellings	946 (total)	895 (total)	913 (total)
Median household income	$62,000	$53,312	$51,204

References: 2021 ^[8] 2016 ^[9] 2011 ^[10] earlier ^{[11] [12]}

Previous census data: ^[13]

• Population in 1881: 720
• Population in 1891: 723
• Population in 1901: 769
• Population in 1911: 1,009
• Population in 1921: 1,111
• Population in 1931: 1,109
• Population in 1941: 1,202
• Population in 1951: 1,031
• Population in 1956: 1,138
• Population in 1961: 1,074
• Population in 1966: 1,033
• Population in 1971: 928
• Population in 1976: 855
• Population in 1981: 820
• Population in 1986: 751
• Population in 1991: 785
• Population in 1996: 786
• Population in 2001: 873
• Population in 2006: 1,086

See also

Types of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 60899". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30110". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Stratford, Canton (Municipalité de) (CT) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
4. "Stratford en bref". Municipalité de Stratford (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
5. "Stratford". MRC du Granit. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
6. 2006 Census, Statistics Canada, accessed 2012-04-16.
7. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
8. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
9. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
10. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
11. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
12. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
13. "Electronic Area Profiles". Canada 1996 Census . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

External links

• Media related to Stratford, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
• Eastern Townships.org.
• Google Maps.