Stratford, Quebec

Stratford
Township municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Stratford Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°47′N 71°17′W / 45.783°N 71.283°W / 45.783; -71.283Coordinates: 45°47′N 71°17′W / 45.783°N 71.283°W / 45.783; -71.283^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	January 1, 1874
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	120.45 km² (46.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[3]
• Total	1,062
• Density	8.8/km² (23/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.2%
• Dwellings	913
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1P0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 161
Website	www.munstratford.qc.ca

Stratford is a township municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 1,062.

The population is almost entirely francophone.^[4]

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Stratford, Quebec community profile

	2011	2006	2001

Population: Land area: Population density: Median age: Total private dwellings: Median household income:	1,062 (-2.2% from 2006) 120.45 km² (46.51 sq mi) 8.8/km² (23/sq mi) 55.3 (M: 55.5, F: 55.1) 913 $51,204	1,086 (+24.4% from 2001) 120.18 km² (46.40 sq mi) 9.0/km² (23/sq mi) 51.4 (M: 51.6, F: 51.3) 914 $39,708	873 (+11.1% from 1996) 120.18 km² (46.40 sq mi) 7.3/km² (19/sq mi) 46.8 (M: 46.3, F: 47.0) 501 $32,433

Notes: Population in 1996: 786^[5] (+0.1% from 1991) - Population in 1991: 785^[5] – References: 2011^[6] 2006^[7] 2001^[8]

References

1 2 Reference number 60899 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
1 2 Geographic code 30110 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
1 2 "(Code 2430110) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
↑ 2006 Census, Statistics Canada, accessed 2012-04-16.
1 2 "Electronic Area Profiles". Canada 1996 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-28.

Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

Stratford

Weedon

Lingwick

Subdivisions of Le Granit Regional County Municipality

Cities	Lac-Mégantic

Municipalities	Audet Courcelles Frontenac Lac-Drolet Lambton Milan Nantes Notre-Dame-des-Bois Piopolis Saint-Ludger Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Saint-Romain Saint-Sébastien Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton Stornoway

Parishes	Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn Val-Racine

Townships	Marston Stratford

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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