Austin, Quebec
title: "Austin, Quebec" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-quebec", "incorporated-places-in-estrie"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-quebec" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Quebec" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Austin |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Town of Austin, Quebec.JPG |
| image_map | Austin Quebec location diagram.PNG |
| map_caption | Location within Memphrémagog RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in southern Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Estrie |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Memphrémagog |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1793 |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | November 5, 1938 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Lisette Maillé |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Brome—Missisquoi |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Orford |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 86.50 |
| area_land_km2 | 73.58 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 1748 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 23.8 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 17.7% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 1410 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0B 1B0 |
| area_code | 819 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| | blank_info | | | website | | ::
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|website = |footnotes = Austin is a municipality on the western shore of Lake Memphremagog, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.
It was home to inventor Reginald Fessenden. It is named after Nicholas Austin who brought the first settlers, mostly Quakers, to this area from the state of New Hampshire in 1796.
Demographics
Population
Population trend: ::data[format=table]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,748 | 17.7% |
| 2016 | 1,485 | 3.8% |
| 2011 | 1,430 | 3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,404 | 16.9% |
| 2001 | 1,201 | 10.9% |
| 1996 | 1,083 | 25.3% |
| 1991 | 864 | N/A |
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Language
Mother tongue (2021) ::data[format=table]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,435 | 82.0% |
| English only | 235 | 13.4% |
| Both English and French | 35 | 2.0% |
| Non-official languages | 35 | 2.0% |
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References
References
- "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Austin".
- "Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROME--MISSISQUOI (Quebec)".
- (9 February 2022). "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Austin, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec".
- Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census. 2021]] census
- {{toponymie. 2711
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