Compton, Quebec

Compton
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location within Coaticook RCM
Compton Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°14′00″N 71°49′00″W / 45.2333°N 71.8167°W / 45.2333; -71.81671
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Coaticook
Constituted	December 8, 1999
Government 2
• Mayor	Fernand Veilleux
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Saint-François
Area 23
• Total	208.30 km2 (80.43 sq mi)
• Land	205.47 km2 (79.33 sq mi)
Population  (2011)3
• Total	3,112
• Density	15.1/km2 (39/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.4%
• Dwellings	1,272
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 1L0
Area code	819
Highways	R-143 R-147 R-208
Website	www.compton.ca

Compton is a municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.

Population trend:⁴

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	3,112	10.4%
2006	2,818	8.9%
ADJ	2,927 (+)	3.9%
2001	3,047	0.1%
ADJ	3,043 (+)	39.3%
1996	2,185	5.7%
1991	2,067	N/A

(+) adjusted figures due to boundary changes

• Louis Saint-Laurent (1882–1973), Prime Minister of Canada (he was born in Compton, and his birthplace, a museum, is now a National Historic Site of Canada. ⁵ He is buried nearby).
• Bernard St-Laurent, CBC Radio personality
• Maryse Dubuc, creator of The Bellybuttons
• William H. Bringloe, Canadian Hall of Fame and North American Champion racehorse trainer
• Lucius Seth Huntington (1827–1886) Canadian lawyer, journalist and political figure