Roxton (officially ''Le Canton de Roxton'') is a

township municipality The following is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Inst ...

(''municipalité de canton'') in the

Acton Regional County Municipality Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale. Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities contai ...

, in the province of

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. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,093. 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 The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Roxton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Mother tongue language (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Roxton, Quebec
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Regional County Municipality of ActonOfficial Site
- Roxton Canton (Roxton Township)
Official Site
- Roxton Falls Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Acton Regional County Municipality {{Montérégie-geo-stub

Demographics

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