| North Hatley | |
| Settlement Type: | Village municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.2833°N -129°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Memphrémagog |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | October 25, 1897 |
| Named For: | Hatley, Cambridgeshire |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Marcella Davis Gerrish (2021–Present) |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Compton—Stanstead |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Orford |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.35 |
| Elevation M: | 167 |
| Population Total: | 632 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 188.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 448 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0B 2C0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
North Hatley is a village of 675 people (2021 Census), located at the north end of Lake Massawippi. It is part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada, also known as Estrie or Cantons de l'Est in French.
Locals usually have to drive to the nearby towns of Magog or Sherbrooke to find big-city amenities, although there are smaller stores and cafés in the town which are open year-round.
Many of the first settlers around North Hatley were United Empire Loyalists, mostly farmers, who left New England in the years following the American Declaration of Independence in 1776.
The village owes most of its great houses and particular architecture to its first aristocrats, and mostly Americans from south of the Mason–Dixon line.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Hatley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3.35km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
List of former mayors:
North Hatley was the location for the shooting of a few films, including Secret Window with Johnny Depp.[3] [4]
North Hatley was mentioned in the television show The X-Files as the location of the Cigarette Smoking Man's hideout (in the episode "The Red and the Black").
North Hatley was the setting for the 2003 film Hatley High. Some of its landmarks, including the North Hatley sign, can be seen throughout the movie. However, the bulk of the movie was filmed in Hudson.
Several Canadian Modernist poets, including F. R. Scott, Louis Dudek, Ralph Gustafson and D. G. Jones, have lived in North Hatley.[5]
It is also home to many artists and craftspeople, including Emily LeBaron, an artist, antiquarian, art teacher and community organizer.
North Hatley also has in its history philanthropists well committed to their community, such as Janet Blake.