Lingwick
Township municipality
Church in Gould
Church in Gould
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[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionEstrie
RCMLe Haut-Saint-François
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
[2]
 • MayorMarcel Langlois
 • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead
 • Prov. ridingMégantic
Area
[2][3]
 • Total249.60 km2 (96.37 sq mi)
 • Land243.48 km2 (94.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total428
 • Density1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 7.3%
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 400 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.[4]

Demographics

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 36149". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 41085". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Lingwick, Canton (Municipalité de) [Census subdivision], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". 8 February 2017.
  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.
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