Durham-Sud, also known as South Durham, is a small farming community in the
Eastern Townships
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of
Quebec
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, west of
Richmond
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and south of
Drummondville
Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste.
Drummondville is ...
. The population as of the
Canada 2011 Census was 1,008.
History
Early
settlers
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A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer.
Settl ...
of the area were
Scottish and
Irish immigrants who arrived mostly in the 18th and 19th century and found the area to be good for
farming
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. Today the community is predominantly
francophone
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.
Éphrem-A. Brisebois was born here in 1850.
Demographics
Population
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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, 2001
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, 2006, 2011 census
Language
Mother tongue (2011)
Notable people
*
Éphrem-A. Brisebois (1850–1890), politician, soldier, and law enforcement officer
*
Jean-Paul LeBlanc
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Career
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(born 1946), retired ice hockey forward
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
External links
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Official Website
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec