Lac-Drolet
Lac-Drolet is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 1,108 as of 2006.
The minor Battle of the Chaudière, opposing British police and Lower Canadian rebels, was fought at Lac-Drolet during the Patriots' War in 1838. The battle had little incidence on the war, and about 50 rebels were captured and three were hanged.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Drolet 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.Population
Population trend:| Census | Population | Change |
| 2021 | 1,067 | 4.5% |
| 2016 | 1,021 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 1,071 | 6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,148 | 1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,165 | 2.8% |
| 1996 | 1,133 | 1.2% |
| 1991 | 1,147 | 1.5% |
| 1986 | 1,164 | 3.9% |
| 1981 | 1,120 | 10.3% |
| 1976 | 1,015 | 4.9% |
| 1971 | 1,067 | 13.4% |
| 1966 | 1,232 | 5.3% |
| 1961 | 1,301 | 10.0% |
| 1956 | 1,446 | 3.1% |
| 1951 | 1,403 | 1.8% |
| 1941 | 1,429 | 1.5% |
| 1931 | 1,408 | 12.5% |
| 1921 | 1,251 | 7.4% |
| 1911 | 1,351 | 1.1% |
| 1901 | 1,366 | 53.7% |
| 1891 | 889 | N/A |