| Kingsbury | |
| Settlement Type: | Village municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.5833°N -81°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Val-Saint-François |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 7, 1896 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Amélie Tremblay (2024-2025) |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Richmond—Arthabaska |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Richmond |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.10 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.17 |
| Population Total: | 123 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 19.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 24.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 64 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0B 1X0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | No major routes |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Census profile |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 2442070 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | MAMROT info |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 42070 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Toponymie info |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 32510 |
Kingsbury is a village municipality located in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality of Quebec's Estrie region. It is completely surrounded by the township municipality of Melbourne.
The village is known for the lake and forest trails that encircle it, and the views from the mountain tops. Kingsbury is also the hometown to 1993 world champion pair skater Isabelle Brasseur.
In its early history, a train track cut through the village, but now the villagers' houses stand in its place.
Kingsbury is most famous for its slate quarry which was an important industry during the 19th century. Men were hired from Wales and Cornwall to come to work the quarry where first-class slate was mined. This slate was sent all over the world. The quarry can still be seen although the trains and tracks are long gone. Kingsbury was the first town to receive electricity. In the evenings the villagers would sit on their balconies and sing the old songs from their homeland.
The nearby town of Richmond has an Interpretation Center for Slate which is housed in what was previously the French Presbyterian Church (Melbourne sector of Richmond).
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kingsbury had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 6.11km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
Mother tongue (2011)
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 100 | 80.0% | |
| English only | 20 | 16.0% | |
| English and French | 5 | 4.0% |