Marston 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.
Marston | |
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 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Marston Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′N 71°00′W / 45.5°N 71°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 1, 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Roy |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
• Total | 78.70 km2 (30.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 71.83 km2 (27.73 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 777 |
| • Density | 10.8/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  10.2% |
| • Dwellings | 419 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-263 |
| Website | www |
It is named after Long Marston, North Yorkshire in England.[4]
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marston had a population of 777 living in 341 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of 10.2% from its 2016 population of 705. With a land area of 71.83 km2 (27.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.8/km2 (28.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Population trend:[6]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 777 | 10.2%
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| 2016 | 705 | 6.5%
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| 2011 | 662 |  3.1%
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| 2006 | 683 | 9.6%
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| 2001 | 623 | 4.7%
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| 1996 | 595 | N/A |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 39315". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Marston, Canton (Municipalité de) (CT) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Marston". Tourism Eastern Townships. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
External links
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