Lac-Poulin () is a village in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 171 as of 2021. Lac-Poulin is an enclave of Saint-Benoît-Labre.
Lac-Poulin is named after the lake it surrounds (Poulin), which was named after the first settler Claude Poulin. The first settlers Claude Poulin (1614-1687), a carpenter, was born in St Maclou, Rouen, Normandie, France and his wife Jeanne Mercier (1621-1687) was born in Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. Poulin is a common last name in the region. The village is mainly a summer vacation site.
History Lac-Poulin was created in 1959 when it split away from Saint-Benoit-Labre.
Geography Lake Poulin covers most of the municipality, which is landlocked within Saint-Benoît-Labre.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Poulin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Commission de toponymie du Québec Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
Annual Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, Volumes 1-10 9-10 Edward VII., A.1910 Page 186 By Geographic Board of Canada