Roxton Pond, Quebec
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Roxton Pond is a municipality in the Canadian
Canada
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 province of Quebec
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, located within La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec
La Haute-Yamaska is a regional county municipality in southcentral Quebec, Canada. It is named for its position at the height of the Yamaska River which cuts through the south part of the Regional County Municipality, and rises at Brome Lake located in neighbouring Brome-Missisquoi Regional County...

. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census
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was 3,599. The municipality was created in 1997 with the merger of the Parish and the Village of Roxton Pond.

Population

Population trend
Census Population Change (%)
2006 3,599 2.0%
2001 3,527 5.3%
Merger 3,348 (+) 29.6%
1996 2,357 11.4%
1991 2,116 N/A


(+) Amalgamation of the Parish and the Village of Roxton Pond on December 17, 1997.

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)
Language Population Pct (%)
French only 3,455 96.37%
English only 40 1.12%
Both English and French 10 0.28%
Other languages 80 2.23%
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