Roxton, Quebec

Roxton (officially Le Canton de Roxton) is a township municipality (municipalité de canton) in the Acton Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,093.

Roxton
Township municipality
Seal
Location within Acton RCM
Roxton Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°33′N 72°31′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Acton
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named after	Roxton, Bedfordshire[1]
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Stéphane Beauregard
• Federal riding	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
• Prov. riding	Johnson
Area [2][4]
• Total	150.10 km2 (57.95 sq mi)
• Land	149.08 km2 (57.56 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	1,093
• Density	7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.6%
• Dwellings	454
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0H 1E0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-139 R-222 R-241
Website	www.cantonderoxton.qc.ca

Roxton entirely surrounds the village of Roxton Falls. Roxton and Roxton Falls are legally distinct municipalities (with separate elected officials), but the administration of both is physically located in the village of Roxton Falls.

Roxton has only a few hundred fewer people than Roxton Falls, but is spread out over a much greater geographic area.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Roxton had a population of 1,115 living in 445 of its 483 total private dwellings, a change of 2.7% from its 2016 population of 1,086. With a land area of 148.93 km² (57.50 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.5/km² (19.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Population trend:^[6]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	1,093	7.6%
2006	1,016	2.4%
2001	1,041	6.7%
1996	1,116	0.4%
1991	1,120	N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)^[7]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	970	96.04%
English only	30	2.97%
Both English and French	10	0.99%
Other languages	0	0.00%

See also

• List of township municipalities in Quebec