Sutton, Quebec
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| Sutton, Quebec | |
| — Town — | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie (16) |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Founded | 1802 |
| Municipality | 1892 |
| Town | 1962 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Kenneth Hill |
| - Federal MP Brome—Missisquoi |
Christian Ouellet (Bloc Québécois) |
| - Quebec MNA Brome-Missisquoi |
Pierre Paradis (Parti Libéral du Québec) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 246.51 km² (95.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 [1]) | |
| - Total | 3,805 |
| - Density | 15.4/km² (39.9/sq mi) |
| - Change ~2001 | ▲8.0% |
| - Dwellings | 3,319 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0E |
| Area code(s) | 450 |
| Access Routes |  Route 139 Route 215 |
| Website: Town of Sutton official site | |
Sutton is a town situated in southwestern Quebec. It is part of the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of the Montérégie. Historically, Sutton is considered to be part of the Eastern Townships.
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[edit] Geography
Sutton is located on the border with Vermont, 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of Montreal, 400 kilometres (250 mi) northwest of Boston, Massachusetts and 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Sherbrooke.
Sutton is also situated in close proximity to Mount Sutton, which has an altitude of 968 metres (3,180 ft), and is a popular Ski resort for tourists.[2]
[edit] History
Similarly to many other towns and villages in the Eastern Townships, Sutton became home to many loyalists, following the American Revolution. It was in 1799 that the first recorded loyalists immigrated to the area, among them Richard Shepherd, originally of New Hampshire. During the 19th century, new buildings were erected to serve the town's growing population. A school in 1808 (located on the road linking the town to nearby Abercorn) as well as the town hall built in 1859. In the decades that followed, Protestant and Roman Catholic churches were built as well as a railway station.[3]
Sutton officially became a municipality in 1892, and later a town in 1962. In 2002, the township of Sutton merged into the town of Sutton, roughly doubling the town's population, and vastly expanding the town's area.
[edit] Demographics
According to 2006 Census data, Sutton has one of the highest median ages in Canada, at 51.1 years.[1] Six percent of the town's population is composed of artists, the highest proportion in Canada.[4] Much like many other communities in the southwestern quadrant of the province, Sutton has historically been an anglophone enclave in a predominantly francophone province. Today anglophones make up only 31.1% of the population, compared to 62.7% for francophones and 4.4% for allophones.[1]
[edit] Geographic location
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Statistics Canada - Sutton 2006 Community Profile.
- ^ All about us - Presentation. Mount Sutton. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Sutton. Eastern Townships, Quebec (2005). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Foulds, Diane E.. "Quebec town makes the arts a tie that binds", The Boston Globe, September 2, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
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