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{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Estrie
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| parts_type         = [[Regional county municipality|Regional County <br />Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent<br /> Territories (ET)]]
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| parts              = 8 RCM, 1 ET
| p1                 = [[Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Coaticook]]
| p2                 = [[Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Le Granit]]
| p3                 = [[Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Le Haut-Saint-François]]
| p4                 = [[Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Le Val-Saint-François]]
| p5                 = [[Les Sources Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Les Sources]]
| p6                 = [[Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Memphrémagog]]
| p7                 = [[Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Brome-Missisquoi]]
| p8                 = [[La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec|La Haute-Yamaska]]
| p9                 = [[Sherbrooke]] <small>(ET)</small>
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_party       = President
| leader_title       = [[Regional conference of elected officers]]
| leader_name        = Jacques Demers
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Estrie [Economic region], Quebec | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=ER&Code1=2430&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&SearchText=estrie&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0#map-popup |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>
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| area_land_km2      = 10,212.00
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Estrie [Economic region], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
| population_total   = 337,701
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 31.2
| population_demonym = Estrien(ne)
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| timezone1          = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
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| area_code          = [[Area code 819|819]]
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| website            = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070516053631/http://www.estrie.gouv.qc.ca/ estrie.gouv.qc.ca]
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'''Estrie''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛstʁi}}) is an [[List of Quebec regions|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.<ref name="britannica">{{cite web |title=Eastern Townships |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Eastern-Townships |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Anglophones are concentrated in [[Lennoxville, Quebec|Lennoxville]], home of the region's only English-speaking university, [[Bishop's University]]. The English-language [[Eastern Townships School Board]] runs 20 elementary schools, three high schools, and a learning centre.<ref>[http://www.etsb.qc.ca/pages/elementary-schools-38.aspx Elementary schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130124043/http://www.etsb.qc.ca/pages/elementary-schools-38.aspx |date=2010-11-30 }} and [http://www.etsb.qc.ca/pages/high-schools-39.aspx High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027112926/http://www.etsb.qc.ca/pages/high-schools-39.aspx |date=2010-10-27 }}, Eastern Townships School Board, accessed 19 November 2010.</ref>

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

==Economy==

While the economy of the area is mainly based on agriculture, forestry, and mining,<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Snapshot – Eastern Townships |url=http://www.cid-bdc.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Eastern%20Townships.pdf |website=The Community Information Database |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref> tourist attractions include four [[Société des établissements de plein air du Québec|Sépaq]] parks: [[Yamaska National Park|Yamaska]], [[Mont-Orford National Park|Mont-Orford]], [[Frontenac National Park|Frontenac]], and [[Mont-Mégantic National Park|Mont-Mégantic]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Best of the Townships |url=https://www.easterntownships.org/article/1099/best-of-the-townships |website=Tourism Eastern Townships |date=25 May 2020 |access-date=10 November 2020 |language=en-CA}}</ref> ski resorts at [[Ski Bromont|Mont Brome]] and [[Mont Orford]], and [[agritourism]].

==Administrative divisions==
===Regional county municipalities===
{| class="wikitable sortable" | style="text-align: right"
|-
! align="center" | Regional County Municipality (RCM)
! align="center" | Population<br />[[2021 Canadian census]]
! align="center" | Land Area
! align="center" | Density<br /><small>(pop. per km{{sup|2}})</small>
! align="center" | Seat of RCM
|-
| align="left" | [[Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality|Brome-Missisquoi]]
| 64,786
| {{convert|1,651|km2|abbr=on}}
| 34.3
| align="left" | [[Cowansville, Quebec|Cowansville]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Coaticook Regional County Municipality|Coaticook]]
| 18,906
| {{convert|1,339.80|km2|abbr=on}}
| 13.8
| align="left" | [[Coaticook, Quebec|Coaticook]]
|-
| align="left" | [[La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality|La Haute-Yamaska]]
| 92,796
| {{convert|637|km2|abbr=on}}
| 136.0
| align="left" | [[Granby, Quebec|Granby]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Le Granit Regional County Municipality|Le Granit]]
| 21,948
| {{convert|2,735.21|km2|abbr=on}}
| 7.8
| align="left" | [[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec|Lac-Mégantic]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality|Le Haut-Saint-François]]
| 22,926
| {{convert|2,273.39|km2|abbr=on}}
| 9.8
| align="left" | [[Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec|Cookshire-Eaton]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality|Le Val-Saint-François]]
| 31,551
| {{convert|1,403.43|km2|abbr=on}}
| 21.9
| align="left" | [[Richmond, Quebec|Richmond]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Les Sources Regional County Municipality|Les Sources]]
| 14,623
| {{convert|787.13|km2|abbr=on}}
| 18.1
| align="left" | [[Val-des-Sources]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality|Memphrémagog]]
| 54,797
| {{convert|1,319.29|km2|abbr=on}}
| 38.2
| align="left" | [[Magog, Quebec|Magog]]
|}

===Equivalent territory===
{| class="wikitable sortable" | style="text-align: right"
|-
! align="center" | Territory Equivalent to a RCM (TE)
! align="center" | Population
[[2021 Canadian census]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sherbrooke, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! align="center" | Land Area
! align="center" | Density<br /><small>(pop. per km{{sup|2}})</small>
! align="center" | Seat of ET
|-
| align="left" | [[Sherbrooke]]
| 172,950
| {{convert|367.10|km2|abbr=on}}
| 456.0
| align="left" | [[Sherbrooke]]
|}

===Demographics===
{{Prose|section|date=January 2024}}

{{Largest cities
| nonav        = y
| country      = Estrie
| stat_ref     = 2021 census
| list_by_pop  = 
| div_name     = Regional County Municipalities (RCM)
| div_link     = Regional county municipality

| city_1 = Sherbrooke
| div_1 = Sherbrooke
| pop_1 = 172,950
| city_2 = Granby, Quebec {{!}} Granby
| div_2 = La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality {{!}} La Haute-Yamaska
| pop_2 = 69,025
| city_3 = Magog, Quebec {{!}} Magog
| div_3 = Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality {{!}} Memphrémagog
| pop_3 = 28,312
| city_4 = Cowansville
| div_4 = Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality {{!}} Brome-Missisquoi
| pop_4 = 15,234
| city_5 = Bromont
| div_5 = Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality {{!}} Brome-Missisquoi
| pop_5 = 11,357

| city_6 = Farnham, Quebec {{!}} Farnham
| div_6 = Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality {{!}} Brome-Missisquoi
| pop_6 = 10,149

| city_7 = Coaticook
| div_7 = Coaticook Regional County Municipality {{!}} Coaticook
| pop_7 = 8,867

| city_8 = Shefford, Quebec {{!}} Shefford
| div_8 = La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality {{!}} La Haute-Yamaska
| pop_8 = 7,253

| city_9 = Val-des-Sources
| div_9 = Les Sources Regional County Municipality {{!}} Les Sources
| pop_9 = 7,088

| city_10 = Brome Lake, Quebec {{!}} Brome Lake
| div_10 = Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality {{!}} Brome-Missisquoi
| pop_10 = 5,923

| city_11 = Lac-Mégantic, Quebec {{!}} Lac-Mégantic
| div_11 = Le Granit Regional County Municipality {{!}} Le Granit
| pop_11 = 5,747

| city_12 = Cookshire-Eaton
| div_12 = Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality {{!}} Le Haut-Saint-François
| pop_12 = 5,344

| city_13 = Windsor, Quebec {{!}} Windsor
| div_13 = Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality {{!}} Le Val-Saint-François
| pop_13 = 5,294

| city_14 = Orford, Quebec {{!}} Orford
| div_14 = Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality {{!}} Memphrémagog
| pop_14 = 5,007

| city_15 = Waterloo, Quebec {{!}} Waterloo
| div_15 = La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality {{!}} La Haute-Yamaska
| pop_15 = 4,920

| city_16 = Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Quebec {{!}} Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
| div_16 = Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality {{!}} Le Val-Saint-François
| pop_16 = 4,594

| city_17 = Sutton, Quebec {{!}} Sutton
| div_17 = Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality {{!}} Brome-Missisquoi
| pop_17 = 4,548

| city_18 = Roxton Pond, Quebec {{!}} Roxton Pond
| div_18 = La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality {{!}} La Haute-Yamaska
| pop_18 = 4,224

| city_19 = Danville, Quebec {{!}} Danville
| div_19 = Les Sources Regional County Municipality {{!}} Les Sources
| pop_19 = 3,888

| city_20 = East Angus, Quebec {{!}} East Angus
| div_20 = Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality {{!}} Le Haut-Saint-François
| pop_20 = 3,840
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+2021 Canadian Census First Official Language Spoken - <ref name=":1" /> Estrie
!Census
!French
!English 
!French and English
!Other
|-
|2021
|304,620
|23,565
|4,485
|1,345
|-
|2016
|289,040
|21,745
|3,110
|1,115
|-
|2011
|281,305
|22,070
|2,720
|825
|}
Estrie has a population of 377,701 according to the 2021 Canadian Census. Out of 326,955 singular responses the most common out of them are as follows.
{| class="wikitable"
|+2021 Canadian Census Mother Tongue - Estrie<ref name=":1" />
!Rank
!Language
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|1
|French
|291,685
|89.2%
|-
|2
|English
|20,195
|6.2%
|-
|3
|Spanish
|4,070
|1.2%
|-
|4
|Arabic
|2,365
|0.7%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+2021 Canadian Census Knowledge of Official Languages - Estrie<ref name=":1" />
!Census
!French Only
!English Only
!French and English
!Neither French Nor English
|-
|2021
|181,810
|7,645
|142,755
|1,345
|-
|2016
|179,590
|6,685
|127,565
|1,170
|-
|2011
|179,480
|6,970
|119,595
|865
|}

==== Cultural or ethnic origin ====
Estrie has a majority European population but it does have a diverse group of minorities. The most commonly described ethnic groups amongst the 328,025 responses are as follows<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Ethnic/Cultural Identity
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|1
|Canadian
|120,150
|36.6%
|-
|2
|French 
|85,115
|26%
|-
|3
|Quebecois
|42,855
|13%
|-
|4
|French Canadian
|28,290
|8.6%
|-
|5
|English
|9,185
|3%
|-
|6
|Scottish
|8,045
|2.5%
|-
|7
|First Nations
|7,270
|2.2%
|}

===== Religion =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+2021 Canadian Census Religious identity - Estrie<ref name=":1" />
!Rank
!Religion
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|1
|Catholicism
|193,700
|59%
|-
|2
|No Religion 
|97,435
|29.7%
|-
|3
|Islam
|6,575                
|2%
|-
|4
|Anglicianism
|2,555
|0.7%
|-
|5
|United Church of Canada
|1,830
|0.5%
|}

==School districts==

Francophone:
* Commission scolaire des Hauts-Cantons ([[Coaticook]], [[East Angus, Quebec|East Angus]] and [[Lac-Mégantic]]).
* Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke
* Commission scolaire des Sommets
* Commission scolaire Val-des-cerfs

Anglophone:
* [[Eastern Townships School Board]]

==Major communities==
<div style="float:left;width:33%;">
*[[Bromont]]
*[[Coaticook]]
*[[Cookshire-Eaton]]
*[[Cowansville]]
*[[Farnham, Quebec|Farnham]]
*[[Granby, Quebec|Granby]]
*[[Brome Lake, Quebec|Lac-Brome]]
</div><div style="float:left;width:33%;">
*[[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec|Lac-Mégantic]]
*[[Magog, Quebec|Magog]]
*[[Orford, Quebec|Orford]]
*[[Shefford, Quebec|Shefford]]
*[[Sherbrooke]]
*[[Val-des-Sources]]
*[[Windsor, Quebec|Windsor]]
</div>{{Clear}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite web |url=http://townshipsheritage.com/print/article/why-eastern-townships |title=Why "Eastern Townships"? |last=Farfan |first=Matthew |date=2022 |website=Township History WebMagazine}}

==External links==
* [https://choisirlequebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/regions-estrie.php Estrie], Government of Quebec
* [http://www.easterntownships.org/index.php?xtor=AL-112 Tourism Eastern Townships]
* [http://www.estrieplus.com/ Estrieplus.com] {{In lang|fr}}

{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Estrie}}
{{Subdivisions of Quebec|regions=yes}}
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