| Bryson | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.6775°N -76.6236°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Outaouais |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pontiac |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1873 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Alain Gagnon |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Pontiac |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Pontiac |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.72 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.58 |
| Population Total: | 646 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 180.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 7.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 302 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0X 1H0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Bryson is a village and municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River.
From 1858 to 1873, the village was called Havelock in honor of British general Henry Havelock (1795-1857). Because another Havelock Township had already been incorporated two years prior in the province of Quebec, Havelock was renamed in 1873 after local lumber baron and politician George Bryson when the Municipality of the Village of Bryson was incorporated.
Bryson was the seat of the county of Pontiac from 1855 to 1916 when the seat was moved to Campbell's Bay. Amongst the reasons to justify the move, the law states that the means of communication with the village were expensive and inconvenient, the roads were in poor condition and often impassable during winter storms and spring freshets, the village was several miles away from the nearest train station (located in Campbell's Bay), and that the village had reduced in importance and in population since a major fire had destroyed a number of residences and businesses as well as the county council's hall.[3]
On December 20, 2004, it changed status from Village Municipality to (regular) Municipality.
List of former mayors: