Townshippers' Association is a non-partisan, non-profit organization mandated to support the rights of English-speaking people in the historical Eastern Townships region of the Canadian province of Quebec.
[1] Townshippers' Association was founded on October 27, 1979, in response to a declining anglophone population base and to the Parti Québécois government's introduction of the Charter of the French Language.
It is also mandated to maintain what it describes as "the spirit of neighbourliness that has long existed between French and English speakers in the region."
[2] The Townshippers' Association has lobbied in favour of minority-language education and for anglophone representation on health and social services committees.
[3] In 1998, a representative described the organization as moderate and not given to confrontation or acrimony with the francophone community.