Thetford Mines

Thetford Mines
City
City centre
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Fervet Opus  (Latin) "Hard Work Prevails"
Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Thetford Mines Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°06′N 71°18′W / 46.1°N 71.3°W / 46.1; -71.3[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Appalaches
Founded	1876
Constituted	October 17, 2001
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marc-Alexandre Brousseau
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area [2][3]
• City	227.70 km2 (87.92 sq mi)
• Land	225.97 km2 (87.25 sq mi)
• Urban	17.43 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
• Metro [4]	405.92 km2 (156.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• City	26,072
• Density	115.4/km2 (299/sq mi)
• Urban	20,312
• Urban density	1,165.3/km2 (3,018/sq mi)
• Metro [4]	28,287
• Metro density	69.7/km2 (181/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	2.6%
• Dwellings	13,059
Demonym(s)	Thetfordois, Thetfordoises (Fr); Thetforder (EN)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G6G & G6H
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-112 R-267 R-269 R-271
Geocode	24 31084
Website	www.ville.thetfordmines.qc.ca

Thetford Mines (Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Montreal and 79 km south of Quebec City.^[5] It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada.^[6]