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'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.

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Description

Demographics

Media

Radio

Television

Newspapers

Notable Sherbrookers

Photographs of Sherbrooke

References

External links

Description

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)

Demographics

''Sherbrooke Metro Area (2001)''
'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 (Muslim, Buddhist, etc): 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.

Media

Radio ★ 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

Television ★ 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

Newspapers

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.

Notable Sherbrookers

★ Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player 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
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''.

Photographs of Sherbrooke

References

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

External links

★ '(Bilingual)' Sherbrooke website

★ EstriePlus.com — A regional on-line journal.

★ Sherbrooke's amateur hockey website

★ La Tribune

★ Université de Sherbrooke

★ Répertoire des clubs de golf de la ville de Sherbrooke

★ '(Bilingual)' Université Bishop's University

★ '(Bilingual)' Association des Townshippers' Association