Stornoway, Quebec

Stornoway, French: Stornoway, Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh is a small village of 600 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland by Colin Noble in 1852, replacing Bruceville.

Stornoway
Municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM
Stornoway
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Granit
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1858
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre-André Gagné
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingMégantic
Area
[2][3]
 • Total184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi)
 • Land181.47 km2 (70.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total559
 • Density3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 4.3%
 • Dwellings
250
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0Y 1N0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 108
Route 161
Websitewww.munstornoway.qc.ca

It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.

Demographics
Historical population of Stornoway, Quebec
(Source: StatsCan)
Year19962001200620112016
Population564606584559530

Former official website of Stornoway: "Municipalité de Stornoway". 2013-01-01. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. (in French)

References
  1. Reference number 60885 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 30105 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2430105) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.


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