Roxton Pond is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 4,224. The municipality was created in 1997 with the merger of the Parish and the Village of Roxton Pond.

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Roxton Pond
Municipality
Aerial view of Roxton Pond
Location within La Haute-Yamaska RCM
Roxton Pond Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°29′N 72°40′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	La Haute-Yamaska
Constituted	December 17, 1997
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Raymond Loignon
• Federal riding	Shefford
• Prov. riding	Johnson
Area [2][4]
• Total	103.40 km2 (39.92 sq mi)
• Land	97.64 km2 (37.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	4,224
• Density	43.3/km2 (112/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	10.9%
• Dwellings	1,840
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0E 1Z0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-139
Website	www.roxtonpond.ca

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It was from 1790 that the British government of Canada divided the lands east of the Richelieu River valley into townships. The townships were largely granted to loyalists who, in exchange, had to commit to populating these territories to develop colonization.

Roxton Township, which included present-day Roxton Pond, Roxton and Roxton Falls, was given in 1803 to Elizabeth Ruite, widow of a military commander. In 1895, a first municipality was created under the name Sainte-Pudentienne. In 1886, the village and parish of Sainte-Pudentienne are split to form two distinct municipalities and will both change their name to Roxton Pond in 1985, nearly a hundred years later. Finally, the village and parish merges in 1997 to form the current municipality of Roxton Pond.

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Municipal history of Quebec