Editing Stanstead, Quebec (section)

{{Short description|Border town in southern Quebec}}
{{For|the township of the same name|Stanstead, Quebec (township)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Stanstead
| native_name        = 
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[City (Quebec)|Town]]
| image_skyline      = Stanstead Quebec ViewAcrossBorder.JPG
| image_caption      = View of Stanstead from across the [[Canada–United States border]]
| image_flag         = 
| flag_size          = 
| image_seal         = 
| seal_size          = 
| image_shield       = 
| shield_size        = 
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of Stanstead, Quebec.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| blank_emblem_size  = 200px
| nickname           = [[Granite]] Capital of Canada<ref name=StansteadAttractions>{{cite web |title=Local attractions |url=https://www.stanstead.ca/en/tourism/local-attractions/ |publisher=Town of Stanstead|access-date=2021-03-25}}</ref>
| motto              = ''Three Villages, One Border—Trois Villages, Une Frontière''
| image_map          = Stanstead (town) Quebec location diagram.PNG
| map_caption        = Location within Memphrémagog RCM
| pushpin_map        = Canada Southern Quebec
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Quebec
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|01|N|72|06|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Canada]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Quebec]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Estrie]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality|Memphrémagog]]
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1789–1796
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1  = February 15, 1995
| seat_type          = 
| seat               = 
| parts_type         = 
| parts              = 
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/45008/|title=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Stanstead (town)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/SiteInformation/parlinfoMoved|title=ParlInfo Has Moved|website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Jody Stone
| leader_title1      = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1       = [[Compton—Stanstead]]
| leader_title2      = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2       = [[Orford (provincial electoral district)|Orford]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="cp2011">{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2445008&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Stanstead&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile|first=Statistics Canada|last=Government of Canada|date=February 8, 2012|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 22.30
| area_land_km2      = 22.72
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_urban_km2     = 
| area_metro_km2     = 
| area_blank1_title  = 
| area_blank1_km2    = 
| area_note          = 
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011"/>
| population_total   = 2857
| population_as_of   = 2011
| population_density_km2 = 125.8
| population_urban   = 
| population_density_urban_km2 = 
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_metro_km2 = 
| population_blank1_title = Pop&nbsp;<small>2006–2011</small>
| population_blank1  = {{decrease}} 3.4%
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2  = 1361
| population_note    = 
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| postal_code_type   = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code        = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0B 1E0, J0B 2K0, & J0B 3E0]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 819|819]]
| blank_name         = Highways <br/> {{jct|state=QC|A|55}}
| blank_info         = <br/> {{jct|state=QC|QC|143}} <br/> {{jct|state=QC|QC|247}}
| website            = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Stanstead''' is a [[city (Quebec)|town]] in the [[Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality]] in the [[Estrie]] region of [[Quebec]], located on the [[Canada–United States border]] across from [[Derby Line, Vermont|Derby Line]], [[Vermont]].

The Town of Stanstead was created in 1995 by the merger of the former villages of [[Stanstead Plain, Quebec|Stanstead Plain]] and [[Beebe Plain, Quebec|Beebe (formerly Beebe Plain)]] and the Town of [[Rock Island, Quebec|Rock Island]]. It is not to be confused with the [[Stanstead, Quebec (township)|township of Stanstead]], which is nearby although not directly adjacent (the municipality of [[Ogden, Quebec|Ogden]] lies in between). Not only is Stanstead home to the [[Haskell Free Library and Opera House]]—the only heritage building deliberately constructed straddling the border between both countries—it also features [[Canusa Street|Canusa Street (Rue Canusa)]], one of a number of streets in the world where the country border corresponds to the [[Road surface marking|middle line marker]], effectively making across-the-street neighbors residents of two countries.