Coaticook

Coaticook
City
Main Street

Location within Coaticook RCM.
Coaticook
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Coaticook
Settled 1820s
Constituted December 30, 1998
Government[2]
 • Mayor Simon Madore
 • Federal riding Compton—Stanstead
 • Prov. riding Saint-François
Area[2][3]
 • Total 223.60 km2 (86.33 sq mi)
 • Land 218.57 km2 (84.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 9,255
 • Density 42.3/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.6%
 • Dwellings 4,208
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J1A
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 141
Route 147
Route 208
Website www.ville.coaticook.qc.ca

Coaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the Canada–United States border.

Communities

In addition to the primary community of Coaticook, smaller communities now within the municipal boundaries include Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and Stanhope. Stanhope was a separate community in the 1890s and has a small private airport, the Stanhope Airport.

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Coaticook community profile
2011 2006
Population: 9,255 (+0.6% from 2006) 9,204 (+2.4% from 2001)
Land area: 218.57 km2 (84.39 sq mi) 218.55 km2 (84.38 sq mi)
Population density: 42.3/km2 (110/sq mi) 42.1/km2 (109/sq mi)
Median age: 44.1 (M: 42.9, F: 45.4) 41.0 (M: 40.1, F: 41.9)
Total private dwellings: 4,208 3978
Median household income: $43,230 $42,647
Notes: Counts have been adjusted to reflect 2001 Census boundaries.
Population in 1996: 6,653[4] (+0.2% from 1991) - Population in 1991: 6,637[4] – References: 2011[3] 2006[5] earlier[6]

Mother tongue:[7]

  • English as first language: 5.5%
  • French as first language: 92.3%
  • English and French as first language: 0.6%
  • Other as first language: 1.6%

Cemeteries

Cemeteries in or near Coaticook include Mount Forest Cemetery,[8] Saint Edmond Cemetery,[9][10] St-Luc and St-Wilfrid-de-Barnston.

Climate

Sports

Coaticook is home to the Coaticook Big Bill of the Ligue de Baseball Senior Élite du Québec, which play their home games in Julien Morin Stadium.

Pictures of Coaticook

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 351657 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Coaticook". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  4. 1 2 "Electronic Area Profiles". Canada 1996 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  5. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  6. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Coaticook community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Mount Forest Cemetery, Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec". interment.net. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  9. ↑ "Liste des cimetières du diocèse". Cimetière Saint-Michel-de-Sherbrooke (in French). Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  10. ↑ "Saint Edmond Cemetery, Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec". interment.net. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  11. ↑ "Coaticook, Quebec Climate". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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