Stoke, Quebec

Stoke
Municipality
Location within Le Val-Saint-François RCM.
Stoke Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°32′N 71°48′W / 45.533°N 71.800°WCoordinates: 45°32′N 71°48′W / 45.533°N 71.800°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Val-Saint-François
Constituted	January 1, 1864
Government[2]
• Mayor	Luc Cayer
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area[2][3]
• Total	252.90 km^2 (97.65 sq mi)
• Land	256.52 km^2 (99.04 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	2,765
• Density	10.8/km^2 (28/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.1%
• Dwellings	1,118
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0B 3G0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 216
Website	www.stoke.ca

Stoke is a municipality in Le Val-Saint-François in the Estrie region of Quebec in Canada.

History

Stoke was first known in 1792 as Cowan’s Clearance in memory of Moses Cowan, who surveyed the land for the British Crown. The Township was abandoned until 1837 due to a lack of interest, and passed into the hands of the British American Land Company. In 1856, thanks to the Stoke Road and the road that would soon lead to Sherbrooke, the territory was opened to settlement. A testimony to the repeated efforts of its citizens, Stoke boasts the neo-Gothic Saint-Philémon Church (1892). The Sentiers de l'Estrie hiking trails provide access to Mount Chapman, the highest peak of the Stoke Mountains, and Bald Peak, at an altitude of 650 metres.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Stoke, Quebec[4]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 2,287 —     1996 2,409 +5.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 2,475 +2.7% 2001A 2,606 +5.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 2,708 +3.9% 2011 2,765 +2.1%
(A) adjusted figure due to boundary change.

Language

Mother tongue (2011)^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	2,680	96.9%
English only	45	1.6%
English and French	15	0.5%
Non-official languages	25	0.9%

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 270853 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 42005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2442005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census