| Roxton Pond | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.4833°N -112°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | La Haute-Yamaska |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 17, 1997 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Raymond Loignon |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Shefford |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Johnson |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 103.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 97.64 |
| Population Total: | 4224 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 43.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 10.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1840 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0E 1Z0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Roxton Pond is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 4,224. The municipality was created in 1997 with the merger of the Parish and the Village of Roxton Pond.
It was from 1790 that the British government of Canada divided the lands east of the Richelieu River valley into townships. The townships were largely granted to loyalists who, in exchange, had to commit to populating these territories to develop colonization.
Roxton Township, which included present-day Roxton Pond, Roxton and Roxton Falls, was given in 1803 to Elizabeth Ruite, widow of a military commander. In 1895, a first municipality was created under the name Sainte-Pudentienne. In 1886, the village and parish of Sainte-Pudentienne are split to form two distinct municipalities and will both change their name to Roxton Pond in 1985, nearly a hundred years later. Finally, the village and parish merges in 1997 to form the current municipality of Roxton Pond.
Population trend:[4]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,224 | 10.9% | |
| 2016 | 3,809 | 0.6% | |
| 2011 | 3,786 | 5.2% | |
| 2006 | 3,599 | 2.0% | |
| 2001 | 3,527 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2021)[5]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 4,070 | 96.4% | |
| English only | 70 | 1.7% | |
| Both English and French | 40 | 0.9% | |
| Other languages | 35 | 0.8% |