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.
The first European settlers arrived in 1848. The town is named after Stratford-upon-Avon 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.
History Stratford was created in 1874 when Garthby-et-Stratford was split in two distinct municipalities, respectively Garthby and Stratford. In 1883, a sections from both municipalities was taken from the creation of the municipality of D'Israëli.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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
References
External links
Eastern Townships.org. Google Maps.