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Stratford is a township municipality in
Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (, ) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire New Hampshi ...
in the
Estrie Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...
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. The town is named after
Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon (district), Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of Engl ...
in England. The town contains Lake Elgin and part of Lake Aylmer. The population, almost entirely francophone,2006 Census, Statistics Canada
accessed 2012-04-16. was 1,036 in the
Canada 2021 Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
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Demographics

In the
2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ...
, Stratford had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Previous census data: *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 The following is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec, Canada, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by t ...


References


External links

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Eastern Townships.org

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Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Granit Regional County Municipality {{Estrie-geo-stub