Scotstown, Quebec

Scotstown is a city in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 459.

Scotstown
City
Motto:  Naturellement
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Scotstown Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.52296°N 71.28112°W / 45.52296; -71.28112[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Haut-Saint-François
Constituted	June 24, 1892
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marc-Olivier Désilets
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
• Land	11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	459
• Density	40.1/km2 (104/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.8%
• Dwellings	272
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 3B0
Area code	819
Highways	R-214 R-257
Website	www.scotstown-hsf.com

The town is renowned for its multiple legends carried by its first settlers, who emigrated from Scotland.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Scotstown had a population of 459 living in 230 of its 272 total private dwellings, a change of -2.8% from its 2016 population of 472. With a land area of 11.44 km² (4.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 40.1/km² (103.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Canada census – Scotstown community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	459 (-2.8% from 2016)	472 (-13.7% from 2011)	547 (-7.0% from 2006)
Land area	11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi)	11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)	11.50 km2 (4.44 sq mi)
Population density	40.1/km2 (104/sq mi)	41.2/km2 (107/sq mi)	47.6/km2 (123/sq mi)
Median age	56.0 (M: 54.4, F: 57.2)	54.1 (M: 53.2, F: 54.6)	49.6 (M: 47.9, F: 51.2)
Private dwellings	272 (total)	279 (total)	276 (total)
Median household income	$50,400	$38,528	$33,162

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[6] 2011^[7]

Notable people

• Robert James Cromie, born in Scotstown in 1887, was the publisher of the Vancouver Sun from 1917 until his death in 1936.^[8]

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec