Sutton, Quebec

Infobox City
name = Sutton, Quebec
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settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_type3 = RCM
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subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_name2 = Montérégie (16)
subdivision_name3 = Brome-Missisquoi
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Kenneth Hill
leader_title1 =Federal MP
Brome—Missisquoi
leader_name1 =Christian Ouellet
(Bloc Québécois)
leader_title2 =Quebec MNA
Brome-Missisquoi
leader_name2 =Pierre Paradis
(Parti Libéral du Québec)
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1802
established_title2 = Municipality
established_date2 = 1892
established_title3 = Town
established_date3 = 1962
established_title4 = Merger
establised_title4 = 2002
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area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 = 246.51
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population_as_of = 2006 [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2446058&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Sutton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statistics Canada - Sutton 2006 Community Profile] .]
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population_total = 3,805
population_density_km2 = 15.4
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population_blank1_title =Change ~2001
population_blank1 =profit8.0%
population_blank2_title =Dwellings
population_blank2 =3,319
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
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latd=45 |latm=06 |lats=00 |latNS=N
longd=72 |longm=37 |longs=00 |longEW=W
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postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
postal_code = J0E
area_code = 450
blank_name =Access Routes
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jct|state=QC|QC|139
jct|state=QC|QC|215
website = [http://www.sutton.ca/Sutton.html Town of Sutton]
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Sutton is a town situated in southwestern Quebec. It is part of the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of the Montérégie. Historically, Sutton is considered to be part of the Eastern Townships.

Geography

Sutton is located on the border with Vermont, convert|110|km|mi southeast of Montreal, convert|400|km|mi northwest of Boston, Massachusetts and convert|90|km|mi west of Sherbrooke.

Sutton is also situated in close proximity to Mount Sutton, which has an altitude of convert|968|m|ft, and is a popular Ski resort for tourists.cite web|url=http://www.montsutton.com/en/about-us/presentation.php|title=All about us - Presentation|publisher=Mount Sutton |accessdate=2008-06-02]

History

Similarly to many other towns and villages in the Eastern Townships, Sutton became home to many loyalists, following the American Revolution. It was in 1799 that the first recorded loyalists immigrated to the area, among them Richard Shepherd, originally of New Hampshire. During the 19th century, new buildings were erected to serve the town's growing population. A school in 1808 (located on the road linking the town to nearby Abercorn) as well as the town hall built in 1859. In the decades that followed, Protestant and Roman Catholic churches were built as well as a railway station.cite web|url=http://www.easterntownships.org/ATRCE/en/modules/visite/villes_et_villages/description.php?municipalite=46055|title=Sutton|date=2005|publisher=Eastern Townships, Quebec|accessdate=2008-06-02]

Sutton officially became a municipality in 1892, and later a town in 1962. In 2002, the township of Sutton merged into the town of Sutton, roughly doubling the town's population, and vastly expanding the town's area.

Demographics

According to 2006 Census data, Sutton has one of the highest median ages in Canada, at 51.1 years. Six percent of the town's population is composed of artists, the highest proportion in Canada.cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/canada/articles/2007/09/02/quebec_town_makes_the_arts_a_tie_that_binds/|title=Quebec town makes the arts a tie that binds|last=Foulds|first=Diane E.|date=September 2, 2007|publisher=The Boston Globe|accessdate=2008-06-02] Much like many other communities in the southwestern quadrant of the province, Sutton has historically been an anglophone enclave in a predominantly francophone province. Today anglophones make up only 31.1% of the population, compared to 62.7% for francophones and 4.4% for allophones.

Geographic location

Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Dunham
North = Lac-Brome
Northeast = Bolton-Ouest
West = Frelighsburg
Centre = Sutton, Quebec
East = Potton
Southwest = Abercorn
South = flagicon|USA Vermont
Southeast =
Enclave = Westmount, Quebec

References

External links

* [http://www.sutton.ca/Sutton.html Town of Sutton]
* [http://www.infosutton.com/ Town of Sutton - Tourism guide]