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This article is about the city in Quebec, Canada. For other uses, see Sherbrooke (disambiguation).
Sherbrooke — City — Sherbrooke Wellington Street North
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Coat of armsNickname(s): Queen of the Eastern Townships Motto: Ne quid nimis Location in Quebec, Canada
SherbrookeCoordinates: 45°24′N 71°53′W / 45.4°N 71.883°WCoordinates: 45°24′N 71°53′W / 45.4°N 71.883°W Country Canada 
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SherbrookeProvincial Sherbrooke Government – Mayor Bernard Sévigny – Governing body Sherbrooke City Council – Federal MP(s) Pierre-Luc Dusseault (NDP) – Quebec MNA(s) Jean Charest (PLQ) Area – City 353.46 km2 (136.5 sq mi) – Metro 1,231.86 km2 (475.6 sq mi) Highest elevation 378 m (1,240 ft) Lowest elevation 128 m (420 ft) Population (2006)[1][2] – City 147,427 – Density 417.1/km2 (1,080.3/sq mi) – Metro 186,952 – Metro density 151.8/km2 (393.2/sq mi) – Change (2001-06) 
6.2%– Dwellings 70,444 Time zone EST (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) Postal code(s) J1E, J1G, J1H, J1J, J1K,
J1L, J1M, J1N, J1RArea code(s) 819 Access Routes[3]
A-10
A-55
A-410
A-610
Route 112
Route 108
Route 143
Route 216
Route 220
Route 222Telephone Exchanges -212 239 340 345-9 432 434 437 446 542 560 -6 569 570 - 4 575 577 GNBC Code EIDHN NTS Map 021E05 Website City of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (2006 population: 147,427)[1] is a Canadian city in southern Quebec. Sherbrooke is situated at the confluence of the Saint-François (St. Francis) and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 153,384 residents in 2009, Sherbrooke was the sixth largest city in the province of Quebec. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 194,555 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and twentieth largest in Canada.
Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural and institutional centre of Estrie, and was commonly known as the Queen of the Eastern Townships at the turn of the 20th century. Sherbrooke has eight institutions that make up the Sherbrooke University Pole, which welcomes some 40,000 students each year and employs some 11,000 persons.[4]
Mountains and lakes surround the city. Mont-Bellevue Park, a large park in the city, is used for downhill skiing.
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History
Sherbrooke in 1889.
Part of a region historically known as the Eastern Townships, Sherbrooke was first settled in 1793 by American Loyalists, including Gilbert Hyatt, a farmer from Schenectady, New York, who built a flour mill in 1802. The village was named "Hyatt's Mills" until 1818 when the village was renamed after Governor General Sir John Sherbrooke at the time of his retirement and return to England.
The city grew considerably on January 1, 2002, by the mergers of the cities of Sherbrooke, Ascot, Bromptonville, Deauville, Fleurimont, Lennoxville, Rock Forest, and Saint-Élie-d'Orford.
Geography
Sherbrooke skyline and Mount Orford.Located at the confluence of the Saint-François (St. Francis) and Magog rivers in the heart of the Eastern Townships and the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. Its geographical code is 43.[vague]
Sherbrooke is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-François.[5]
Climate
Sherbrooke has a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb), with long, cold, and snowy winters, warm summers, and short but crisp springs and autumns. Highs range from −5.7 °C (21.7 °F) in January to 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) in July. In an average year, there are 36 nights at or colder than −20 °C (−4 °F), and 6.5 nights at or colder than −30 °C (−22 °F); 3.4 days will see highs reaching 30 °C (86 °F).[6] Annual snowfall is large, averaging at 294 centimetres (116 in), sometimes falling in May and October. Precipitation is not sparse any time of the year, but is the greatest in summer and fall and at its least from January to April, totaling 1,140 millimetres (44.9 in) annually.
Climate data for Sherbrooke Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 12.8
(55.0)17.1
(62.8)23
(73)30
(86)31.6
(88.9)32.6
(90.7)33.7
(92.7)32.8
(91.0)31.1
(88.0)27.8
(82.0)22.2
(72.0)17.8
(64.0)33.7
(92.7)Average high °C (°F) −5.7
(21.7)−3.9
(25.0)2.1
(35.8)9.9
(49.8)18.1
(64.6)22.1
(71.8)24.7
(76.5)23.3
(73.9)18.3
(64.9)11.9
(53.4)4.4
(39.9)−2.7
(27.1)10.2 Average low °C (°F) −18
(0)−16.7
(1.9)−9.9
(14.2)−1.7
(28.9)4.0
(39.2)8.8
(47.8)11.4
(52.5)10.4
(50.7)5.6
(42.1)0.3
(32.5)−4.7
(23.5)−13.5
(7.7)−2 Record low °C (°F) −38.3
(−36.9)−40
(−40)−33.4
(−28.1)−21.1
(−6.0)−6.7
(19.9)−2.2
(28.0)0.5
(32.9)−1.7
(28.9)−7.4
(18.7)−13.3
(8.1)−25.5
(−13.9)−37.8
(−36.0)−40
(−40)Precipitation mm (inches) 78.8
(3.102)61.7
(2.429)78.8
(3.102)79.8
(3.142)96.8
(3.811)110.8
(4.362)117.8
(4.638)130.0
(5.118)104.7
(4.122)92.8
(3.654)98.5
(3.878)93.8
(3.693)1,144.1
(45.043)Rainfall mm (inches) 19.0
(0.748)16.0
(0.63)32.2
(1.268)57.7
(2.272)96.5
(3.799)110.8
(4.362)117.8
(4.638)130.0
(5.118)104.7
(4.122)90.2
(3.551)65.4
(2.575)33.8
(1.331)873.9
(34.406)Snowfall cm (inches) 68.7
(27.05)51.4
(20.24)49.1
(19.33)22.4
(8.82)0.3
(0.12)0
(0)0
(0)0
(0)0
(0)2.8
(1.1)33.5
(13.19)66.0
(25.98)294.3
(115.87)Avg. precipitation days 20.2 15.9 15.8 14.8 14.7 14.8 14.4 14.8 14.3 14.4 17.6 20.5 192.2 Avg. rainy days 3.7 3.4 6.5 11.1 14.6 14.8 14.4 14.8 14.3 13.6 11.0 5.7 127.9 Avg. snowy days 18.8 14.2 11.8 5.9 0.3 0 0 0 0 1.7 9.7 17.0 79.4 Sunshine hours 86.1 110.0 138.1 156.3 210.1 235.4 262.1 231.6 163.2 115.9 72.7 68.3 1,849.8 Source: Environment Canada [6] Demographics
City of Sherbrooke
Cathédrale Saint-Michel.Population trend[7]
Census Population Change (%) 2011 154,793 3.5%2009 149,495 2.1%2006 146,372 4.6%Merger 139,938 81.4%2001 77,129 N/A Language
from Canada 2006 Census
Language Population Percentage (%) French only 129,970 89.89% English only 5,735 3.97% Other languages 8,245 5.7% Ethnic origin
Ethnic origin Population Percent Canadian 117,305 French 50,540 33.61% Irish 6,560 4.36% English 5,065 3.37% Scottish 3,070 2.04% Québécois 2,415 1.61% North American Indian 1,805 1.20% Italian 1,505 1.00% The information regarding ethnicities above is from the 2001 Canadian Census. The percentages add to more than 100% because of dual responses (e.g. "French Canadian" generates an entry in both the category "French" and the category "Canadian".) Groups with greater than 1,500 responses are included.
Age structure
- 0–14 years: 17.8%
- 15–64 years: 69.0%
- 65 years and over: 13.2%
Census Metropolitan Area
The Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) includes the cities of Sherbrooke, Magog and Waterville, the Parish of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton; the municipalities of Compton, Stoke, and Ascot Corner, Hatley county and the village of North Hatley.
The population in 2006 was 186,952. Indigenous peoples comprised just over 0.6% of the population.[8]
Plymouth-Trinity United ChurchFrench was mother tongue to 90.6% of residents (counting both single and multiple responses). The next most common mother tongues were English at 5.6%, Spanish at 1.3%, Arabic and Serbo-Croatian languages at 0.6% each, Persian at 0.4%, Niger–Congo languages at 0.3%, and Chinese and German at 0.2% each. (Percentages may total more than 100% owing to rounding and multiple responses).[9][10]
About 87% of the population identified as Roman Catholic in 2001 while 6% said they had no religious affiliation. Among smaller denominations Statistics Canada counted 1.2% Anglicans, 0.8% Muslims, 0.8% United Church, 0.7% Baptists, 0.5% Eastern Orthodox and 0.3% Jehovah’s Witnesses. Pentecostals and Methodists accounted for 0.2% each, while Buddhists, Presbyterians, Seventh-day Adventists, Mormons and Plymouth Brethren accounted for 0.1% each.[11]
Four thousand recent immigrants (arriving between 2001 and 2006) now comprise about 2% of the total population. Approximately 13% have emigrated from Colombia, 12% from France, 7% from Afghanistan, 6% from each of Morocco and Argentina, 5% from each of Algeria and Congo, 4% from China, and 3% from each of Burundi, Tunisia, and Tanzania. About 2% of these recent immigrants were born in the United States while about 2% were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12]
Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre (properly, the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke, or CHUS) in the Fleurimont boroughGovernment
Gordon StreetThe merged city is composed of six boroughs: Brompton, Fleurimont, Lennoxville, Mont-Bellevue, Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville and Jacques-Cartier.
Borough Population City Councillors Brompton 5,956 3 Fleurimont 41,276 5 Jacques-Cartier 30,229 4 Lennoxville 5,195 3 Mont-Bellevue 33,377 4 Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville 29,191 4 Public safety
In 2007, the crime rate was 5,491 per 100,000.[13]
The former Winter PrisonEconomy
Wellington Street North in downtown SherbrookeIn 2007 Canadian Business Magazine Magazine ranked Sherbrooke as the top place to do business in Canada.[13] The report cites large increases in commercial building permits (23%), strong exports, a highly educated workforce, a low unemployment rate, and a low cost of living index (64.3).
Sherbrooke is also the centre of an important agricultural region with many dairy farms.
Education
The city is the location of one French language university, the Université de Sherbrooke, and an English language university, Bishop's University. U de S is a comprehensive university with schools of medicine and law and extensive graduate programs. Bishop's is smaller and predominantly undergraduate. There are three CEGEPs in Sherbrooke, two of them French-language, the Cégep de Sherbrooke and the Séminaire de Sherbrooke, and one English-language, Champlain College Lennoxville.
Infrastructure
Times Hotel, downtown SherbrookeTransportation
Sherbrooke Airport, in Cookshire-Eaton is just east of the city. There are currently no scheduled flights operating out of the airport.
Transdev Limocar provides bus service to Montreal via Granby and Magog. Formerly, Autobus Jordez linked Sherbrooke to Drummondville and Trois-Rivières, and also to Victoriaville and Quebec City, but since the company lost their licence to operate heavy vehicles,[14] they sold their licence to Autobus La Québécoise, who now provide the service.
Société de transport de Sherbrooke (STS) provides bus service within the city. It operates 17 bus routes, 11 minibus routes, and 5 taxibus routes.
The city is located at the eastern terminus of A-10, and directly on the Autoroute Trans-Québécoise (A-55). A-10 provides a direct freeway connection to Montreal and points west, while A-55 connects directly to Trois-Rivières, Shawinigan, and points north, as well as to Interstate 91 to the south (Vermont). A-410 and A-610 are the southern and northern bypass roads, respectively.
Public health and safety
Historical buildings located on Dufferin Street.The suburban Sherbrooke University Hospital ("CHUS" or "Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbooke) has over 5,200 employees, including 550 doctors. It includes a clinical research facility, the Etienne-Lebel Research Center.
Media
Main article: Media in Sherbrooke-In terms of media, the CUC(Canadian Ultimate Championships) were held here in 2010 and were televised with Onyx finishing first and RIP(from Montreal) finishing second.
Architectural and artistic heritage
The Sherbrooke War Memorial by George William Hill is a cenotaph erected in 1926 to commemorate the soldiers who were killed during WWI. This piece of cultural heritage has become emblematic of the City of Sherbrooke.[citation needed]Notable people
- Éric Bélanger NHL hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier hailed from the Sherbrooke area.
- John Bassett and Conrad Black started their careers as media barons as owner and co-owner, respectively, of the Sherbrooke Record.
- Pierre-Marc Bouchard NHL hockey player for the Minnesota Wild
- Serge Cardin, former Bloc Québécois MP for Sherbrooke
- Jean Charest, federal cabinet minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Progressive Conservative Party leader; Quebec Liberal Party leader and Premier of Quebec
- Jim Corcoran, singer-songwriter
- Mathieu Dandenault Former NHL ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings
- Christian Dubé, ice hockey player for SC Bern
- Pierre-Luc Dusseault, current NDP MP for Sherbrooke and the youngest MP in Canadian history
- George Foss, builder of the first Canadian gasoline powered automobile (1897).[15]
- Northrop Frye, literary critic
- Garou, singer
- Yousuf Karsh, photographer
- Yanic Perreault, former NHL ice hockey player
- David Perron NHL hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
- Stéphane Robidas, NHL hockey player for the Dallas Stars
- Harry Saltzman, film producer
- Christian Savoie, (born 1976) winner of Canada's Strongest Man and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.
- Ralph M. Steinman, immunologist, 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Bordering counties
Le Val-Saint-François 
Le Haut-Saint-François 
Sherbrooke 
Memphrémagog Coaticook See also
References
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- ^ "Sherbrooke". Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (8) and Place of Birth (261) for the Immigrants and Non-permanent Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada. 2007-12-04. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89424&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&Theme=72&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=837965. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
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External links
- (English) (French) Sherbrooke website
- (French) La Tribune
- (English) The Record - English language daily newspaper
- (English) The Townships Outlet - English language bi-monthly newspaper)
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