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°30′N 71°40′W / 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

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

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. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 66945". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 41065". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "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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