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'''Bury''' is a municipality of 1,249<ref name="StatCan">[[Statistics Canada]]: [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2441070&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Bury&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Bury, Quebec]</ref> people in [[Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality]], in [[Quebec]], Canada. Bury is home to a Canada Day celebration which is well-known in the [[Estrie]] region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it has no [[restaurant]]s or cinemas, has a multitude of churches and two canteens. About 67% of the population is French-speaking and 31% English-speaking<ref name="StatCan" />.
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bury
| settlement_type = [[Municipality (Quebec)|Municipality]]
| image_skyline = Bury2.jpg
|image_map = Bury Quebec location diagram.png
|map_caption = Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_label =
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|45|28|N|71|30|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Quebec|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Estrie]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality|Le Haut-Saint-François]]
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = 1 July 1855
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/>
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Denis Savage
| 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 = [[Mégantic (provincial electoral district)|Mégantic]]
| area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="cp2021" />
| area_total_km2 = 235.50
| area_land_km2 = 234.13
| area_note = There is an apparent<br> contradiction between two<br> authoritative sources
| population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2021" />
| population_total = 1252
| population_as_of = [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]
| population_density_km2= 5.3
| population_blank1_title= Pop&nbsp;<small>2016-2021</small>
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 6.6%
| population_blank2_title=
| population_blank2 =
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J0B 1J0]]
| area_code = [[Area code 819|819]]
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|108}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|214}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|255}}
| website = {{URL|www.municipalitedebury.qc.ca|www.municipalite<br>debury.qc.ca}}
}}
 
'''Bury''' is a [[municipality (Quebec)|municipality]] in [[Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality]] in the [[Estrie]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada.
 
Bury is home to a [[Canada Day]] celebration which is well known in the Estrie region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it has no [[restaurant]]s or cinemas, has a multitude of churches and one canteen.
 
About 49% of Bury's population are bilingual (English and French), 43% only speaks French and 9% only speaks English.<ref name="cp2021" />
 
In 1981, Mrs. Isabel Harrison of Bury was chosen by the [[Royal Canadian Legion]] as the [[Silver Cross Mother]]. Each year, a mother is invited to lay a wreath during the [[Remembrance Day]] ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. Widows and survivors of Canadian Forces' casualties are eligible to receive and wear the [[Memorial Cross]].
 
==ClimateGeography==
===Climate===
{{Weather box
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==See also==
* [[List of anglophone communities in Quebec]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}|refs=
<ref name="cp2021">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052441070&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Bury |title=Census Profile |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census]] |date=15 November 2023 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref>
<ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=municipalite |41070}}</ref>
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |9252}}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
{{Subdivisions of Quebec}}
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{{Coord|display=title|name=Bury, Quebec|45|29|11.8|N|71|30|47.6|W}}
 
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2010}}
{{Geographic location
| Northwest = [[Dudswell, Quebec|Dudswell]]
| North = [[Weedon, Quebec|Weedon]]
| Northeast = [[Lingwick, Quebec|Lingwick]]
| West = [[Westbury, Quebec|Westbury]]
| Centre = Bury
| East = [[Scotstown, Quebec|Scotstown]]
| South = [[Newport, Quebec|Newport]]
| Southeast = [[Hampden, Quebec|Hampden]]
}}
{{Le Haut-Saint-François RCM}}
 
{{authority control}}
 
[[Category:Municipalities in Quebec]]
[[Category:Incorporated places in Estrie]]
[[Category:QuebecLe communitiesHaut-Saint-François withRegional significantCounty anglophone populationsMunicipality]]
 
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[[fr:Bury (Québec)]]