Bedford, Quebec (township)

For the neighboring city of the same name, see Bedford, Quebec (city).

Bedford is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 699.

Bedford
Township municipality
Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM.
Bedford Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°08′N 72°58′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Constituted	March 4, 1919
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Gilles St-Jean
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Brome-Missisquoi
Area [2][4]
• Total	32.30 km2 (12.47 sq mi)
• Land	31.56 km2 (12.19 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	699
• Density	22.1/km2 (57/sq mi)
• Dwellings	285
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1A0
Area codes	450 and 579
Access Routes[5]	R-202 R-235

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bedford had a population of 658 living in 273 of its 282 total private dwellings, a change of -4.2% from its 2016 population of 687. With a land area of 31.96 km² (12.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.6/km² (53.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

Population trend:^[7]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	699	5.0%
2006	736	9.5%
2001	813	1.8%
1996	799	0.8%
1991	793	N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)^[8]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	465	65.49%
English only	210	29.58%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	35	4.93%

The river aux Brochets at Bedford

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec
• List of township municipalities in Quebec