Westbury, Quebec

Westbury is a township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the city of East Angus.

Westbury
Township municipality
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Westbury is located in Southern Quebec
Westbury
Westbury
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.5°N 71.67°W / 45.5; -71.67[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Haut-Saint-François
ConstitutedAugust 16, 1858
Government
[2]
 • MayorGray Forster
 • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead
 • Prov. ridingMégantic
Area
[2][3]
 • Total57.30 km2 (22.12 sq mi)
 • Land55.75 km2 (21.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total1,006
 • Density18/km2 (50/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 0.9%
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0B 1R0
Area code819
Highways R-108
R-112
R-214
R-253
Websitewww.cantonwestbury.com

The township had a population of 1,006 in the Canada 2016 Census.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Westbury had a population of 1,097 living in 424 of its 440 total private dwellings, a change of 9% from its 2016 population of 1,006. With a land area of 55.61 km2 (21.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.7/km2 (51.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Reference number 66945 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 41065 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Westbury, Canton (Municipalité de) [Census subdivision], Quebec and Saint-Raymond [Population centre], Quebec". 8 February 2017.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.


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