Bedford | |
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Coordinates: 45°08′N 72°58′W / 45.133°N 72.967°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
RCM | Brome-Missisquoi |
Constituted | March 4, 1919 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gilles St-Jean |
• Federal riding | Brome—Missisquoi |
• Prov. riding | Brome-Missisquoi |
Area | |
• Total | 32.30 km2 (12.47 sq mi) |
• Land | 31.56 km2 (12.19 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 699 |
• Density | 22.1/km2 (57/sq mi) |
• Dwellings | 285 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area codes | 450 and 579 |
Access Routes[5] | R-202 R-235 |
Bedford is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 699.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bedford had a population of 658 living in 273 of its 282 total private dwellings, a change of -4.2% from its 2016 population of 687. With a land area of 31.96 km2 (12.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.6/km2 (53.3/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Population trend:[7]
Census | Population | Change (%) |
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2011 | 699 | 5.0% |
2006 | 736 | 9.5% |
2001 | 813 | 1.8% |
1996 | 799 | 0.8% |
1991 | 793 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2006)[8]
Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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French only | 465 | 65.49% |
English only | 210 | 29.58% |
Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% |
Other languages | 35 | 4.93% |