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Stanstead Plain, Quebec

administrative sector in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ63970686 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stanstead Plain is an unincorporated community in Quebec, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stanstead Plain had a population of 1,030 living in 459 of its 484 total private dwellings, a change of −0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,037. With a land area of 6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi), it had a population density of 153.3/km2 (397.0/sq mi) in 2021.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Stanstead Plain, Quebec” as administrative sector in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Stanstead, Plain and Quebec can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as administrative sector in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q63970686. Authority coordinates are 45.019, -72.092. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2016.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  2. Expand the search: follow Stanstead Plain, Quebec primary sources, Stanstead Plain, Quebec archive and Stanstead research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Stanstead Plain, Quebec” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.