Rawdon is a municipality located on the Ouareau River in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about 60 kilometres north of Montreal.

The township was established in 1799 and named after Sir Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.

The town was primarily home to people of Irish background up until 1844, when more and more French-Canadians settled the region and small shops and industries emerged.

After the First World War and the October Revolution, Rawdon saw a considerable number of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian noble families arrive to settle in its countryside from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In summer, the population is said to double and even sometimes triple due to tourism and the presence of many cottages in the vicinity.