| Stanstead | |
| Settlement Type: | Township municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.0833°N -80°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Memphrémagog |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Eric Evans |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Compton—Stanstead |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Orford |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 135.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 113.20 |
| Population Total: | 1148 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 10.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 10.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 957 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J1X 3W4 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Stanstead is a township municipality of about 1,100 people in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is not to be confused with the city of Stanstead, which is nearby although not directly adjacent (the municipality of Ogden lies in between).
Formally, the township consists of two villages: Fitch Bay (founded in 1855) and Georgeville (founded in the 1890s). Both villages formed as a result of English-speaking migrants from the United States state of Vermont until borderline customs stations were established after 1920. Today, the population is bilingual with predominance in French language (about 64%).
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stanstead had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 113.2km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]