Lingwick

45°35′N 71°20′W / 45.58°N 71.33°W / 45.58; -71.33^[1]Country CanadaProvince QuebecRegionEstrieRCMLe Haut-Saint-FrançoisConstitutedJuly 1, 1855Government • MayorRobert Gladu • Federal ridingCompton—Stanstead • Prov. ridingMéganticArea • Total249.60 km² (96.37 sq mi) • Land243.01 km² (93.83 sq mi)Population • Total456 • Density1.9/km² (5/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021 6.5% • Dwellings334Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code819Highways R-108
R-214
R-257Websitewww.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.^[4]

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%

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

• Media related to Lingwick at Wikimedia Commons