Stanstead, Quebec

Stanstead
View of Stanstead from across the Canada–United States border
View of Stanstead from across the Canada–United States border
Official logo of Stanstead
Nickname: 
Granite Capital of Canada[1]
Motto(s): 
Three Villages, One Border—Trois Villages, Une Frontière
Location within Memphrémagog RCM
Location within Memphrémagog RCM
Stanstead is located in Southern Quebec
Stanstead
Stanstead
Location in Quebec
Coordinates: 45°01′N 72°06′W / 45.017°N 72.100°W / 45.017; -72.100
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
RCMMemphrémagog
Settled1789–1796
ConstitutedFebruary 15, 1995
Government
 • MayorJody Stone
 • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead
 • Prov. ridingOrford
Area
 • Total22.30 km2 (8.61 sq mi)
 • Land22.72 km2 (8.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • Total2,857
 • Density125.8/km2 (326/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011
Decrease 3.4%
 • Dwellings
1,361
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
Highways
A-55

R-143
R-247
Websitewww.stanstead.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Stanstead is a town in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, located on the Canada–United States border across from Derby Line, Vermont.

The Town of Stanstead was created in 1995 by the merger of the former villages of Stanstead Plain and Beebe (formerly Beebe Plain) and the Town of Rock Island. It is not to be confused with the township of Stanstead, which is nearby although not directly adjacent (the municipality of Ogden lies in between). Not only is Stanstead home to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House—the only heritage building deliberately constructed straddling the border between both countries—it also features Canusa Street (Rue Canusa), one of a number of streets in the world where the country border corresponds to the middle line marker, effectively making across-the-street neighbors residents of two countries.

  1. ^ "Local attractions". Town of Stanstead. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  2. ^ a b "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Stanstead (town)".
  3. ^ "ParlInfo Has Moved". lop.parl.ca.
  4. ^ a b Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 8, 2012). "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca.