Lingwick

Lingwick
Township municipality
Sainte-Marguerite Church
Sainte-Marguerite Church
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
Lingwick is located in Southern Quebec
Lingwick
Lingwick
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°35′N 71°20′W / 45.58°N 71.33°W / 45.58; -71.33
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Haut-Saint-François
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
 • MayorCaroline Poirier
 • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead
 • Prov. ridingMégantic
Area
 • Total
249.60 km2 (96.37 sq mi)
 • Land243.01 km2 (93.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
456
 • Density1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 6.5%
 • Dwellings
334
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0B 2Z0
Area code819
Highways R-108
R-214
R-257
Websitewww.cantondelingwick.com

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

It incorporates the former villages of Gould and Sainte-Marguerite.

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.

Language

Mother tongue (2021)

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 395 86.8%
English only 55 12.1%
English and French 5 1.1%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reference number 36149". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 41085". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
  3. 1 2 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