Marston, Quebec

Marston 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.

Marston
Township municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM
Marston Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°30′N 71°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	January 1, 1874
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Roy
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	78.70 km2 (30.39 sq mi)
• Land	71.83 km2 (27.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	777
• Density	10.8/km2 (28/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	10.2%
• Dwellings	419
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1G0
Area code	819
Highways	R-263
Website	www.munmarston.qc.ca

It is named after Long Marston, North Yorkshire in England.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marston had a population of 777 living in 341 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of 10.2% from its 2016 population of 705. With a land area of 71.83 km² (27.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.8/km² (28.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Population trend:^[6]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	777	10.2%
2016	705	6.5%
2011	662	3.1%
2006	683	9.6%
2001	623	4.7%
1996	595	N/A

See also

Types of municipalities in Quebec