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The Township of Granby (French: Canton de Granby) was a township municipality in south-central Quebec, Canada in the La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. Its territory comprised the northern and western sections of the present-day City of Granby.

Granby (township)
former township
(Granby, Quebec)
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	La Haute-Yamaska
Merged	January 01, 2007
Electoral Districts Federal	Shefford
Provincial	Shefford
Government [1][2][3]
• Mayor	Pascal Bonin
• Federal MP(s)	Robert Vincent (BQ)
• Quebec MNA(s)	François Bonnardel (CAQ)
Area [4]
• Land	80.67 km2 (31.15 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	63,433
• Density	145.6/km2 (377/sq mi)
• Change (2001-06)	3.6%
• Dwellings	4,129
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450
Access Routes[5]	Route 137

In 2006, citizens of the City of Granby and the Township of Granby voted in referendum for the township to merge into the City of Granby. Since January 1, 2007, it is a single city.[6]

According to the Canada 2011 Census:

• Population: 63,433

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

• Population: 11,335
• % Change (1996-2001): 0.6
• Dwellings: 3,810
• Area (km².): 80.67
• Density (persons per km².): 140.5

Communities

• Mawcook—Near Rivière Mawcook, northwestern area of the township.[7]

See also

• Town of Granby

References

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