Stornoway, Quebec

Stornoway (French: Stornoway; Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a small village of 500 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland by Colin Noble in 1852, replacing Bruceville.

Key Information

Stornoway
Municipality
Village of Stornoway
Location within Le Granit RCM
Stornoway Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°W / 45.72; -71.17[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	January 1, 1858
Government [2]
• Mayor	Pierre-André Gagné
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi)
• Land	180.15 km2 (69.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	535
• Density	3/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.9%
• Dwellings	272
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1N0
Area code	819
Highways	R-108 R-161
Website	www.munstornoway.qc.ca
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It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.

1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 60885". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30105". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Stornoway, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.

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