| Lac-Poulin | |
| Settlement Type: | Village municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.1°N -119°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | March 5, 1959 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Denis Drouin |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Beauce |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Beauce-Sud |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.88 |
| Population Total: | 171 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 195.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 16.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 154 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0M 1P0 |
| Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | No major routes |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Census profile |
| Blank Info Sec2: | https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=F&SearchText=Lac-Poulin&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052429095[1] |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | MAMROT info |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 29095 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Toponymie info |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 33285 |
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.
Lac-Poulin was created in 1959 when it split away from Saint-Benoit-Labre.
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 0.88km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Annual Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, Volumes 1-109-10 Edward VII., A.1910 Page 186By Geographic Board of Canada