| Roxton | |
| Settlement Type: | Township municipality |
| Seal Size: | 80px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 45.55°N -103°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Acton |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
| Named For: | Roxton, Bedfordshire |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Stéphane Beauregard |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Johnson |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 150.10 |
| Area Land Km2: | 149.08 |
| Population Total: | 1093 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 7.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 454 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0H 1E0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
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 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.
In the 2021 Census of Population 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 148.93km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
| 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)[6]
| 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% |