Granby, Quebec

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Coordinates: 45°24′N 72°44′W
City of Granby, Quebec, Ville de Granby, Québec
Motto: Pour y parvenir

Country	Canada
Province	Québec
Municipality	La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Government
- Mayor	Richard Goulet
- Governing Body	Granby City Council
Area
- City	72.05 km² (27.8 sq mi)
- Metro	317.07 km² (122.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	47,637
- Density	661.2/km² (1,712.5/sq mi)
- Metro	68,352
- Metro Density	215.6/km² (558.4/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	J2(G-J)
Area code(s)	450
Website: City of Granby website

For the township see Granby, Quebec (township)

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal on Lac Boivin. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. The city is named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby and is the hometown of "Canadian Jos. St-Onge", a well known prize fighter in the 20's and 30's.

The city was settled at the end of the 18th century by three brothers whose name the city commemorated for a while as Frost Village. It became an incorporated municipality in 1816 and a city in 1971.

Granby is a regional center for industries (textile, lumber, tobacco, dairy products) and commercial zone, but is also a touristic city, due to the presence of the important Granby Zoo, founded by the Mayor Horace Boivin. It is the fourth most populated city in Monteregie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe. It hosts a Fête des Mascottes ("Mascot Festival") each year in July.

Granby is also the host of the yearly "Festival de la chanson de Granby" ("Granby Song Festival") which has, through the years, "discovered" many well-known artists such as Jean Leloup and Luc Delarochelière.

From 1981 to 1997, Granby was home to a QMJHL team, originally called the Granby Bisons but changed to the Granby Prédateurs in 1995. The team won the Memorial Cup in 1996. In 1997, the franchise relocated to Sydney, Nova Scotia and became the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

In May 2006, the citizens of Granby and Granby Township held a referendum on a possible merger. A majority of citizens of the two municipalities approved the merger. [1]