Estrie

Estrie
Estrie
Administrative region
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County ; Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent; Territories (ET)	8 RCM, 1 ET Coaticook; Le Granit; Le Haut-Saint-François; Le Val-Saint-François; Les Sources; Memphrémagog; Brome-Missisquoi; La Haute-Yamaska; Sherbrooke (ET);
Government
• Regional conference of elected officers	Jacques Demers (President)
Area
• Land	10,212.00 km2 (3,942.88 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	337,701
• Density	31.2/km2 (81/sq mi)
Demonym	Estrien(ne)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	J
Area code	819
Website	estrie.gouv.qc.ca

Estrie (French pronunciation: [ɛstʁi]) is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone.^[3] Anglophones are concentrated in Lennoxville, home of the region's only English-speaking university, Bishop's University. The Eastern Townships School Board runs 20 elementary schools, three high schools, and a learning centre.^[4]

The region originally consisted of 6 regional county municipalities. In 2021, La Haute-Yamaska & Brome-Missisquoi joined Estrie, transferring from Montérégie.

^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Estrie [Economic region], Quebec". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Estrie [Economic region], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
^ "Eastern Townships". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ Elementary schools Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine and High Schools Archived 2010-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, Eastern Townships School Board, accessed 19 November 2010.