Shefford is a

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located in the province of

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. It is part of the Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality in the administrative area of

Estrie Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...

. The population as of the

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was 7,253. The township completely encircles the city of Waterloo.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shefford 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:

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{{La Haute-Yamaska RCM, state=expanded Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality

Demographics

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