| Saint-Lin–Laurentides | |
| Official Name: | French: Ville de Saint-Lin–Laurentides |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.85°N -119°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1807 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | March 1, 2000 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mathieu Maisonneuve |
| Area Total Km2: | 118.80 |
| Area Land Km2: | 118.29 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 24030 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 203.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 15.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 9,615 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways[2] |
| Blank Info: | |
Saint-Lin–Laurentides is a small city located in the Montcalm Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Its official name uses an en dash; however, the city's own website uses the two-hyphen version of its name: Saint-Lin-Laurentides. In the Canada 2021 Census its population was 24,030.
Saint-Lin was the birthplace of former Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, whose paternal home is now a National Historic Site of Canada.
Saint-Lin–Laurentides was formed on 1 March 2000, when the Municipality of Saint-Lin and the Town of Laurentides were merged.[3]
Saint-Lin was first settled in 1807 when pioneers from Saint-Pierre-du-Portage (now L'Assomption) arrived. In 1828, the Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie Parish was founded. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lin was established, but was abolished 2 years later in 1847 when it was absorbed into the county municipality. That same year, its post office opened. In 1855, the municipality was reestablished as Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaye, with Carolus Laurier, father of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, as first mayor.[3]
Laurentides was originally the Village Municipality of Saint-Lin, which became an incorporate entity in 1856. In 1883, it changed name and statutes and became the Town of Laurentides. Also that year, the local post office opened.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Lin—Laurentides had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 118.29km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
Mother tongue:
The Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town: