Marston, Quebec Explained

Marston
Settlement Type:Township municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Estrie
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Le Granit
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1874
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Claude Roy
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Mégantic—L'Érable
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Mégantic
Area Total Km2:78.70
Area Land Km2:71.83
Population Total:777
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:10.8
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 10.2%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:419
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0Y 1G0
Area Code:819
Blank Name:Highways

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.

It is named after Long Marston, North Yorkshire in England.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 71.83km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Population trend:[3]

CensusPopulationChange (%)
2021777 10.2%
2016705 6.5%
2011662 3.1%
2006683 9.6%
2001623 4.7%
1996595N/A

See also

Types of municipalities in Quebec

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marston . Tourism Eastern Townships . 1 June 2020 . en-CA.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 28, 2022.
  3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census