South Durham, Quebec

Durham-Sud, also known as South Durham, is a small farming community in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, west of Richmond and south of Drummondville. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,008.HistoryEarly settlers of the area were Scottish and Irish immigrants who arrived mostly in the 18th and 19th century and found the area to be good for farming. Today the community is predominantly francophone.Éphrem-A. Brisebois was born here in 1850.DemographicsPopulationPopulation trend:LanguageMother tongue (2011)