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).

Stanstead
Township municipality
Amy Corners Area
Location within Memphrémagog RCM
Stanstead Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°05′N 72°08′W[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 [2][4]
• 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	Route 247
Website	www.cantonstanstead.ca

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

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

• List of township municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

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