Magog | |
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 Magog in 2025 | |
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| Motto(s): Fidelitate et Labore(Latin) "Through faithfulness and labour" | |
 Location within Memphrémagog RCM | |
  Magog Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates:45°16′N72°09′W / 45.267°N 72.150°W /45.267; -72.150[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Memphrémagog |
| Constituted | October 9, 2002 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nathalie Pelletier |
| • Federal riding | Brome—Missisquoi |
| • Prov. riding | Orford |
| Area | |
• City | 167.50 km2 (64.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.26 km2 (55.70 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• City | 28,312 |
| • Density | 196.3/km2 (508/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22,222 |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  6.2% |
| • Dwellings | 15,009 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 819 and 873 |
Highways A-10 A-55 |  R-108 R-112 R-141 R-247 |
| Website | www |
Magog (locally/ˈmeɪɡɔːɡ/MAY-gawg,French:[maɡɔɡ]) is a city in southeasternQuebec, Canada, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east ofMontreal at the confluence ofLake Memphremagog—after which the city was named—with theRivière aux Cerises and theMagog River. It is a major centre and industrial city in theRegional County Municipality of Memphremagog. The city lies in theEastern Townships tourist region.
In 2002, the City of Magog was merged with theTownship of Magog and the Village of Omerville as part of themunicipal reorganization in Quebec.
"Memphremagog" comes from theAbenaki word mamhlawbagak, which means "large expanse of water" or "vast lake."[6] "Magog" is believed to be a truncation of the lake's name. However, it could also come fromnamagok andnamagwôttik, which means "the lake where there isbrook trout." Others have theorised that the name has Biblical origins inGog and Magog, or that it refers to an ancient city by the same name.[1]
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TheAbenaki were the first to inhabit the region[citation needed] and had long visited the Memphremagog and its waterways.[6] White settlement began in 1776, whenLoyalists emigrated from nearbyVermont. They called it The Outlet, referring to the flow of water emptying into the Magog River from the lake.[citation needed]
Ralph Merry, who is considered the founding father of Magog, was anAmerican Revolutionary who immigrated toLower Canada in 1799 and settled in Bolton, to the west of the lake. He bought up all the neighbouring lots, including The Outlet village, where he went on to act as its mayor, judge, and developer. In 1821, he built a house there, which is the oldest standing house in the city.[7]
It was formally named Magog in 1855.
At the end of the 19th century and throughout the 20th, the city's economy was dominated by the textile industry, most notably by a cotton mill operated byDominion Textile. It was only in the 1960s and the 1970s that the city's economy would achieve desperately needed diversification through tourism, services, and the development of an industrial park.[8]
In 2002, the City of Magog was merged with theTownship of Magog and theVillage of Omerville as part of themunicipal reorganization in Quebec.
Magog is a city in southeasternQuebec, Canada, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east ofMontreal at the confluence ofLake Memphremagog, the Rivière aux Cerises, and theMagog River. The city of Magog is also in close proximity, 35 km (21.8 mi), to the Derby Line–Stanstead border crossing station at the Canada-United States border.[14]
| Climate data for Magog | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17 (63) | 15 (59) | 24 (75) | 29 (84) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33 (91) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.3 (91.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 18 (64) | 34.4 (93.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −4 (25) | 1.7 (35.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18 (64) | 11.4 (52.5) | 3.9 (39.0) | −2.7 (27.1) | 9.9 (49.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) | −8.8 (16.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 12 (54) | 16.9 (62.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.3 (55.9) | 7.1 (44.8) | 0.5 (32.9) | −6.7 (19.9) | 5.3 (41.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) | −13.5 (7.7) | −7.3 (18.9) | −0.1 (31.8) | 6.4 (43.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | −2.9 (26.8) | −10.7 (12.7) | 0.6 (33.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.2 (−35.0) | −38 (−36) | −31.7 (−25.1) | −17.2 (1.0) | −6.1 (21.0) | −2 (28) | 2 (36) | 0.6 (33.1) | −5 (23) | −8.9 (16.0) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −38 (−36) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 86.5 (3.41) | 62 (2.4) | 80.2 (3.16) | 81.7 (3.22) | 100.3 (3.95) | 110.4 (4.35) | 120.2 (4.73) | 120 (4.7) | 97.8 (3.85) | 95.6 (3.76) | 92.3 (3.63) | 87.6 (3.45) | 1,134.5 (44.67) |
| Source:Environment Canada[15] | |||||||||||||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Magog had a population of28,312 living in13,439 of its15,009 total private dwellings, an increase of6.2% from its 2016 population of26,669. With a land area of 144.26 km2 (55.70 sq mi), it had a population density of196.3/km2 (508.3/sq mi) in 2021.[16]
Population trend:[17]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
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| 2021 | 28,312 | 6.2% |
| 2016 | 26,669 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 25,358 | 6.2% |
| 2006 | 23,880 | 6.0% |
| Merger | 22,535 (+) | 58.00% |
| 2001 | 14,283 | 1.7% |
| 1996 | 14,050 | 0.1% |
| 1991 | 14,034 | N/A |
(+) Merged with the Township of Magog and the Village of Omerville on October 9, 2002.
Mother tongue (2011)[18]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 22,975 | 92.2% |
| English only | 1,390 | 5.6% |
| Both English and French | 255 | 1.0% |
| Non-official languages | 270 | 1.1% |
| French and non-official language | 20 | 0.08% |
| English and non-official language | 5 | 0.02% |
| English, French and non-official language | 5 | 0.02% |
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The city is the economic core of theRegional County Municipality of Memphremagog.
For several generations, it was a one-industry (textile) manufacturing town, where Dominion Textile made cotton goods. The main plant is still there. However, the plant has considerably reduced its activities to a few employees, who mainly make pillows.
Magog is in a resort area, with shops and services catering to vacationers and tourists. Tourism is related to the lake and the nearbyMount Orford.
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