Sherbrooke is the sixth-largest city in the province and the thirtieth largest in Canada.
Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural and institutional centre of Estrie, and was known as the Queen of the Eastern Townships at the beginning of the 20th century.
Sherbrooke is a city in southern Quebec, Canada.
The Sherbrooke region is surrounded by mountains, rivers and lakes.
The First Nations were the first inhabitants, having originally settled the region between 8,000 and 3,000 years ago.
Sherbrooke is situated at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region.
The Estimated Population of Sherbrooke is 167,162.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Sherbrooke was 36.7 °C on 1 & 2 July 1931. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −41.2 °C on 15 January 2004.
Originally known as Hyatt’s Mill, it was renamed after Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, a British general who was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and Governor-General of British North America; the family is named after Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
Sherbrooke is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-François.