Stratford, Quebec

Stratford 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.

Stratford
Township municipality
Village of Stratford
Location within Le Granit RCM
Stratford Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°47′N 71°17′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	1857
Named after	Stratford-upon-Avon[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jacques Fontaine
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	139.50 km2 (53.86 sq mi)
• Land	119.86 km2 (46.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,036
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	9.6%
• Dwellings	946
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1P0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-161
Website	www.munstratford.qc.ca

The first European settlers arrived in 1848.^[4] The town is named after Stratford-upon-Avon in England.^[5]

The town contains Lake Elgin and part of Lake Aylmer.

The population, almost entirely francophone,^[6] was 1,036 in the Canada 2021 Census.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stratford had a population of 1,036 living in 533 of its 946 total private dwellings, a change of 9.6% from its 2016 population of 945. With a land area of 119.86 km² (46.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.6/km² (22.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

Canada census – Stratford, Quebec community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,036 (-9.6% from 2016)	945 (-11.0% from 2011)	1,062 (-2.2% from 2006)
Land area	119.86 km2 (46.28 sq mi)	120.89 km2 (46.68 sq mi)	120.45 km2 (46.51 sq mi)
Population density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Median age	61.2 (M: 61.2, F: 61.2)	58.3 (M: 59.0, F: 57.9)	55.3 (M: 55.5, F: 55.1)
Private dwellings	946 (total)	895 (total)	913 (total)
Median household income	$62,000	$53,312	$51,204

References: 2021^[8] 2016^[9] 2011^[10]

Previous census data:^[11]

• 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