Lingwick

Lingwick is a township of about 500 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.

Lingwick
Township municipality
Sainte-Marguerite Church
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Lingwick Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.58°N 71.33°W / 45.58; -71.33[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Haut-Saint-François
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Robert Gladu
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	249.60 km2 (96.37 sq mi)
• Land	243.01 km2 (93.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	456
• Density	1.9/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	6.5%
• Dwellings	334
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 2Z0
Area code	819
Highways	R-108 R-214 R-257
Website	www.cantondelingwick.com

It incorporates the former villages of Gould and Sainte-Marguerite.^[4]

Demographics

Population

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lingwick had a population of 456 living in 222 of its 334 total private dwellings, a change of 6.5% from its 2016 population of 428. With a land area of 243.01 km² (93.83 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.9/km² (4.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Historical Census Data - Lingwick, Quebec^[6]

Year Pop. ±% 1861 564 —     1871 801 +42.0% 1881 1,035 +29.2% 1891 1,022 −1.3% 1901 791 −22.6% 1911 839 +6.1% 1921 724 −13.7% 1931 669 −7.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1941 812 +21.4% 1951 823 +1.4% 1956 868 +5.5% 1961 798 −8.1% 1966 652 −18.3% 1971 607 −6.9% 1976 506 −16.6% 1981 479 −5.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1986 451 −5.8% 1991 436 −3.3% 1996 425 −2.5% 2001 419 −1.4% 2006 611 +45.8% 2011 399 −34.7% 2016 428 +7.3% 2021 456 +6.5%

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 36149". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 41085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census - Lingwick, Canton (Municipalité de)". 15 November 2023.
4. "Lingwick (Township) - Haut-Saint-François - Eastern Townships (Quebec)". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

External links

• Media related to Lingwick at Wikimedia Commons