Bishopton is a former municipality and an unincorporated community in Dudswell, Quebec, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.
History The municipality of Bishop's Crossing was created on October 2, 1917 by separating from Dudswell.Gazette officielle de Québec, 6 octobre 1917, pages 2256-2257. Fifteen years later, On November 24, 1932, the name was change to Bishopton.Gazette officielle de Québec, 10 décembre 1932, page 4386. On October 11, 1995, Bishopton, Marbleton and Dudswell merged together to form a new municipality also named Dudswell.Gazette officielle du Québec, partie 2, 11 octobre 1995, 127e année, numéro 41, pages 4400-4402.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bishopton had a population of 450 living in 186 of its 260 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 441. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also List of communities in Quebec List of designated places in Quebec List of former municipalities in Quebec
References