Cookshire-EatonQuebec
A town in Quebec, home to 5,491 people. Statistics Canada places it in the Le Haut-Saint-François census division.
Is Cookshire-Eaton a good place to live?
Cookshire-Eaton’s strongest subject is health (A−). With an A overall, Cookshire-Eaton is better than 89% of Canadian towns. It ranks #112 of 499 in Quebec. Housing is within reach (A−). Getting around depends on the car (C+). The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the Sûreté du Québec unit's figure for the whole MRC. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Cookshire-Eaton grades
Each subject compares Cookshire-Eaton with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Cookshire-Eaton stand out
The 2 things Cookshire-Eaton does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cookshire-Eaton.
Less long-term illness in Cookshire-Eaton’s health region: 14% on the three conditions, the typical Canadian town 17%
Health survey and life expectancy for the Région de l'Estrie
Self-rated health is ordinary for Quebec: 57% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 57%. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 82.9, with women at 84.8 and men at 81.0. Measured from where Cookshire-Eaton’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 17 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 57% | 56% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.9 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Rent takes less of local pay in Cookshire-Eaton than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 10% of households, lower than both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). 73% of households are owner-occupiers.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 10% | 13% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 15% | 18% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
For safety, Cookshire-Eaton gets a B+
The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover Haut-Saint-François MRC
Property crime in its police area ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Quebec’s towns (16.6) and Canadian towns (31.2). The index for the force that serves it came to 50, below Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 11.6 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 50 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Cookshire-Eaton than in 87% of Canadian towns
Workers spend 24 min getting to work, on average. At the census, 91% of commuters went by car.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24 min | 27 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 91% | 90% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
A flood study covers Cookshire-Eaton: 2 on the national inventory, the newest from Ville de Sherbrooke
Radon around Cookshire-Eaton is ordinary for Canada: 7.3% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.040 for each $1,000 of buildings, below Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and close to Canadian towns ($0.030).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.040 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 7.3% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Estrie health region
Snowy winters: about 291 cm a year in Cookshire-Eaton, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
There are 181 days of frost in a typical year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Snow peaks in December: 71 cm in a normal year. Winter lows in Cookshire-Eaton average −16.5°C in January.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 291 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| Days with frost a year | 181 | 161 | 159 |
| January night low | −16.5°C | −14.7°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 25.3°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Sherbrooke)
Only 0.4% of the land within 10 km of Cookshire-Eaton is protected
5 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. 26 km from town is Mont-Mégantic National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.4% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
In Cookshire-Eaton, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −4°C nights
About 26 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: −1°C by day, −11°C at night. Precipitation in November averages 70 mm. Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −17°C by night.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −14°C | 217 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 235 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 11°C | 305 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 1°C | 258 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Sherbrooke); the forecast is on the Weather page
Daphné Raymond leads Cookshire-Eaton as mayor
Federally, Cookshire-Eaton sits in Compton—Stanstead, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Marianne Dandurand of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Cookshire-Eaton has one public library, Bibliothèque De Cookshire-Eaton (Secteur Cookshire)
From the centre of Cookshire-Eaton, it is 3.7 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Cookshire-Eaton has 4 English-language schools among its 9
Counting a 3 km margin, Cookshire-Eaton has 7 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools. The nearest secondary school is 11 km away, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.2 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École des Trois-CantonsIn Cookshire-EatonElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École secondaire régionale Alexander Galt EnglishNearest secondary school, 0.2 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
| École primaire de Cookshire EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 11 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| School boards | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Nearest elementary school | 3.5 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Schools grade in Quebec: none (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school).
A town of families: 18% of people in Cookshire-Eaton are under 15, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
Visible minorities make up 0.8% of the population, lower than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.1% of Cookshire-Eaton’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 2,620 women and 2,720 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 26% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 51% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
In Cookshire-Eaton, 40% of homes go back before 1961
The list takes in a municipal citation. Église d'Eaton Corner, begun in 1840, is the oldest by its record. The registers put 3 historic places inside its boundary, 2 of them of the highest rank.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Cookshire-Eaton | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 40% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Cookshire-Eaton
Musée Eaton Corner and 3 more in and around Cookshire-Eaton
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Cookshire-Eaton, the best known first.
MuseumUplands Cultural and Heritage Centre3.4 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumLennoxville Ascot Historical and Museum Society3.3 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumLittle Hyatt One-Room Schoolhouse700 m outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre: Cantons-de-l'Est, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from Cookshire-Eaton
4 notable people were born in Cookshire-Eaton.
Photo credits
Rufus Henry Pope: William James Topley, Public domain
About Cookshire-Eaton
Town in Quebec
Statistics Canada treats Cookshire-Eaton as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 5,491 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Le Haut-Saint-François
- Census subdivision
- 2441038
Cookshire-Eaton’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | — | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 9.4 | — | C+ | B+ | A |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 10 | A− | B+ | B+ | A |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 12 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 16 | A | B+ | A− | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Cookshire-Eaton
Do people in Cookshire-Eaton speak French?
French is the common language here. 42% of residents also speak English (the median of Canadian towns: 8%), and 50.2% speak French but not English.
Who are the people of Cookshire-Eaton?
1% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 1% have an Indigenous identity and 3% are immigrants.
What kind of homes are in Cookshire-Eaton?
Mostly 76% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 2.4 people on average, and 28% have just one.
Is Cookshire-Eaton growing?
No: the census counted 5,393 in 2016 and 5,344 in 2021, 0.9% fewer, against growth of 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 5,491.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).