Bury, Quebec

Bury is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.

Bury
Municipality
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Bury Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°28′N 71°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Haut-Saint-François
Constituted	1 July 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Denis Savage
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	235.50 km2 (90.93 sq mi)
• Land	234.13 km2 (90.40 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,252
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	6.6%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 1J0
Area code	819
Highways	R-108 R-214 R-255
Website	www.municipalite debury.qc.ca

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 restaurants 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.^[3]

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. Politician Aylmer Byron Hunt was born in Bury.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Bury
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	13.3 (55.9)	15.5 (59.9)	22.2 (72.0)	28.9 (84.0)	31.1 (88.0)	32 (90)	33 (91)	34.4 (93.9)	29.4 (84.9)	27.8 (82.0)	21.1 (70.0)	14.5 (58.1)	34.4 (93.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−6 (21)	−4.1 (24.6)	1.7 (35.1)	9.1 (48.4)	17.4 (63.3)	21.5 (70.7)	24.3 (75.7)	22.8 (73.0)	17.7 (63.9)	11.1 (52.0)	4 (39)	−2.8 (27.0)	9.7 (49.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−11.4 (11.5)	−9.6 (14.7)	−3.7 (25.3)	3.8 (38.8)	11.2 (52.2)	15.7 (60.3)	18.4 (65.1)	17.1 (62.8)	12.4 (54.3)	6.3 (43.3)	−0.2 (31.6)	−7.7 (18.1)	4.4 (39.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−16.7 (1.9)	−15 (5)	−9.1 (15.6)	−1.6 (29.1)	5 (41)	9.9 (49.8)	12.5 (54.5)	11.5 (52.7)	7 (45)	1.4 (34.5)	−4.4 (24.1)	−12.5 (9.5)	−1 (30)
Record low °C (°F)	−38 (−36)	−38.9 (−38.0)	−33 (−27)	−22.2 (−8.0)	−7.8 (18.0)	−1.1 (30.0)	0 (32)	−1.1 (30.0)	−6 (21)	−12.2 (10.0)	−23.3 (−9.9)	−35.6 (−32.1)	−38.9 (−38.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	102.1 (4.02)	81.2 (3.20)	104.6 (4.12)	96.7 (3.81)	107.2 (4.22)	117.8 (4.64)	118.5 (4.67)	135 (5.3)	113.3 (4.46)	102.2 (4.02)	104.6 (4.12)	102.8 (4.05)	1,285.8 (50.62)
Source: Environment Canada[4]

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec