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Ville de Sherbrooke, Québec City of Sherbrooke, Quebec
A view of Sherbrooke
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Motto: Ne quid nimis
Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°53′W / 45.4, -71.883
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Settled	1793
Government
- Mayor	Jean Perrault
- Governing body	Sherbrooke City Council
- MPs	Serge Cardin
- MNAs	Jean Charest
Area
- City	353.46 km² (136.5 sq mi)
- Metro	1,231.86 km² (475.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	147,427
- Density	417.1/km² (1,080.3/sq mi)
- Metro	186,952
- Metro Density	151.8/km² (393.2/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	J1E,J1G,J1H,J1J,J1K, J1L,J1M,J1N,J1R
Website: City of Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (2006 population: 147,427) is a city in south-eastern Quebec, Canada, the only major city in the Eastern Townships. Although originally settled in the early 19th century by anglophones, it is today primarily a francophone city.

Contents 1 Description 2 Demographics 3 Media 3.1 Radio 3.2 Television 3.3 Newspapers 4 Notable Sherbrookers 5 Photographs of Sherbrooke 6 References 7 External links

Located at the confluence of the Saint-François (St. Francis) and Magog rivers, Sherbrooke is in the centre of an important agricultural region with many dairy farms. There is also some industry in the region. An important business is the manufacture of ice hockey sticks: more of these are made in Sherbrooke than anywhere else in the world. Sherbrooke is home to a concrete truss bridge, the first of its kind in the world.

The area of 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. In 1818 the village of "Hyatt's Mills" received its current name, being named after Governor General Lord Sherbrooke at the time of his retirement and return to England.

Sherbrooke has become known as a major student city. With four major colleges and two universities, its student population is one of its defining features. The city is the site of the Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop's University. Bishop's is the province's only English-language university located outside the island of Montreal.

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.

The merged city is composed of six boroughs:

• Brompton (formerly Bromptonville)
• Fleurimont (formerly East of Sherbrooke and Fleurimont)
• Lennoxville (formerly Lennoxville)
• Mont-Bellevue (formerly West/South/Center of Sherbrooke and Ascot)
• Rock-Forest-Saint-Élie-Deauville (formerly Rock Forest, Saint-Élie and Deauville)
• Jacques-Cartier (formerly North of Sherbrooke)

Language Mother Tongue from Canada 2006 Census Language Population Percentage (%) French only 129,970 89.89% English only 5,735 3.97% Both English and French 640 0.44% 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%

Age Structure 0-14 years: 17.8% 15-64 years: 69.0% 65 years and over: 13.2% Religious belief Catholic: 87.2% Protestant and other Christian: 5.7% Other: 1.1% No religious affiliation: 6.0%

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.

630 AM: CHLT, French news-talk 88.1 FM: CFPP, French religious programming 88.3 FM: CFAK, Université de Sherbrooke campus radio 88.9 FM: CJMQ, Bishop's University campus radio 89.7 FM: CBM-1, CBC Radio Two 90.7 FM: CBFX-2, Espace musique 91.7 FM: CBMB, CBC Radio One 93.7 FM: CFGE, Rythme FM contemporary hit radio 95.5 FM: CFLX, French-language Community Radio 100.3 FM: CIRA-1, Radio Ville-Marie religious programming 101.1 FM: CBF-FM-10, La Première Chaîne 102.7 FM: CITE-FM-1, Rock-Détente adult contemporary 104.5 FM: CIGR, Active rock 106.1 FM: CIMO, Énergie contemporary hit radio

Channel 7: CHLT, TVA Channel 9: CKSH, SRC Channel 11: CKMI-2, Global Channel 24: CIVS, Télé-Québec Channel 30: CFKS, TQS Channel 50: CBMT-03, CBC

Daily newspapers are La Tribune^[1] and The Record^[2]. Le journal de Sherbrooke^[3] owned by Quebecor and La Nouvelle, a community newspaper, are published for free every Saturday. The Voir ^[4] cultural magazine also publishes a regional version.

• Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Eric Belanger, hockey players for the Minnesota Wild
• Serge Cardin, 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
• Christian Dubé, ice hockey player
• Northrop Frye, literary critic
• Garou, singer
• Yousuf Karsh, photographer
• Harry Saltzman, film producer

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.

Downtown: King Street, St.Patrick's Church	An aerial view of Sherbrooke	Downtown: Wellington Street, January 2006	Neo-Tudor style House, Corner of Ball and Brooks streets
Montreal Street	Wellington Street	Dufferin Street and Saint-Michel Cathedral	Frontenac Street and city hall at night
King Street, downtown	King Street, downtown	Corner of King and Wellington streets	Mount Bellevue

1. ^ La Tribune
2. ^ The Record
3. ^ Le journal de Sherbrooke
4. ^ Voir

• (Bilingual) Sherbrooke website
• (French) EstriePlus.com — A regional on-line journal.
• (French) Sherbrooke's amateur hockey website
• (French) La Tribune
• (French) Université de Sherbrooke
• (French) Répertoire des clubs de golf de la ville de Sherbrooke

• (Bilingual) Université Bishop's University
• (Bilingual) Association des Townshippers' Association

Estrie (05)

Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories (*): Le Granit · Les Sources · Le Haut-Saint-François · Le Val-Saint-François · Sherbrooke* · Coaticook · Memphrémagog Major municipalities: Lac-Mégantic · Asbestos · Danville · Cookshire-Eaton · East Angus · Scotstown · Valcourt · Windsor · Richmond · Sherbrooke · Coaticook · Waterville · Stanstead · Magog Subdivisions of Region number: 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 Subdivisions of Quebec

v • d • e Subdivisions of Quebec
Subdivisions	Regions · Administrative subdivisions · Parish municipalities · Regional county municipalities · Townships
Communities	Municipalities · Boroughs · Indian reserves · Urban agglomerations
Major cities	Montreal · Quebec · Laval · Gatineau · Longueuil · Sherbrooke · Saguenay · Lévis · Trois-Rivières

v • d • e Canadian Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) by size

Toronto, ON · Montreal, QC · Vancouver, BC · Ottawa–Gatineau, ON/QC · Calgary, AB · Edmonton, AB · Quebec City, QC · Winnipeg, MB · Hamilton, ON · London, ON · Kitchener, ON · St. Catharines-Niagara, ON · Halifax, NS · Oshawa, ON · Victoria, BC · Windsor, ON · Saskatoon, SK · Regina, SK · Sherbrooke, QC · St. John's, NL · Barrie, ON · Kelowna, BC · Abbotsford, BC · Greater Sudbury, ON · Kingston, ON · Saguenay, QC · Trois-Rivières, QC · Guelph, ON · Moncton, NB · Brantford, ON · Thunder Bay, ON · Saint John, NB · Peterborough, ON