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<span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>Taverns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taverns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Decline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Emerging_hospitality_industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Emerging_hospitality_industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Emerging hospitality industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Emerging_hospitality_industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mergers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mergers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> 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href="https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawinikan" title="Cawinikan – Atikamekw" lang="atj" hreflang="atj" data-title="Cawinikan" data-language-autonym="Atikamekw" data-language-local-name="Atikamekw" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Atikamekw</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شاوینیگان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شاوینیگان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan_(Quebec)" title="Shawinigan (Quebec) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Shawinigan (Quebec)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شاوینیگان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شاوینیگان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan,_Quebec" title="Shawinigan, Quebec – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Shawinigan, Quebec" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شاوينيجان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شاوينيجان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3" title="シャウィニガン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シャウィニガン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Шавиниган – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шавиниган" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Шавиниган – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шавиниган" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan_(Quebec)" title="Shawinigan (Quebec) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Shawinigan (Quebec)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Shawinigan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan" title="Shawinigan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Shawinigan" 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title="Quebec French-language text"><i lang="fr-CA">Ville de Shawinigan</i></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of Saint-Maurice River and the city"><img alt="Aerial view of Saint-Maurice River and the city" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg/250px-Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg/375px-Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg/500px-Shawinigan_aerial_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4005" data-file-height="2254" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Aerial view of Saint-Maurice River and the city</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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.pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Canada_Quebec_location_map_2.svg/375px-Canada_Quebec_location_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Canada_Quebec_location_map_2.svg/500px-Canada_Quebec_location_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="2822" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:89.685%;left:33.673%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Shawinigan"><img alt="Shawinigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Shawinigan</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Quebec</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Quebec</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_location_map_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shawinigan is located in Canada"><img alt="Shawinigan is located in Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Canada_location_map_2.svg/250px-Canada_location_map_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Canada_location_map_2.svg/375px-Canada_location_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Canada_location_map_2.svg/500px-Canada_location_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1114" data-file-height="942" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.438%;left:74.295%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Shawinigan"><img alt="Shawinigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Shawinigan</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Canada.</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Canada</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shawinigan&params=46_34_N_72_45_W_region:CA-QC_type:city(49620)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°34′N</span> <span class="longitude">72°45′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.567°N 72.750°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.567; -72.750</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-toponymie_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toponymie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Canada</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Region_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="Region (Quebec)">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mauricie" title="Mauricie">Mauricie</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">RCM</a></th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1851</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituted</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1, 2002</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-mamrot_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamrot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Angers" title="Michel Angers">Michel Angers</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadian federal electoral districts">Federal riding</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice%E2%80%94Champlain" title="Saint-Maurice—Champlain">Saint-Maurice—Champlain</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Quebec_provincial_electoral_districts" title="List of Quebec provincial electoral districts">Prov. riding</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laviolette_(electoral_district)" title="Laviolette (electoral district)">Laviolette</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Saint-Maurice (provincial electoral district)">Saint-Maurice</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-mamrot_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamrot-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cp2021_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cp2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (Quebec)">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">798.80 km<sup>2</sup> (308.42 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">729.98 km<sup>2</sup> (281.85 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-cp2021-PC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cp2021-PC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">31.77 km<sup>2</sup> (12.27 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-cp2021_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cp2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (Quebec)">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">49,620</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">68/km<sup>2</sup> (180/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,225.4/km<sup>2</sup> (3,174/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Pop <small>2016-2021</small><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Dwellings<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">27,444</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_postal_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian postal code">Postal code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/List_of_G_postal_codes_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of G postal codes of Canada">G9N to G9R</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_819" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 819">819</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highways <br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Quebec_Autoroute_55.svg/24px-Quebec_Autoroute_55.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Quebec_Autoroute_55.svg/36px-Quebec_Autoroute_55.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Quebec_Autoroute_55.svg/48px-Quebec_Autoroute_55.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="289" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Autoroute_55" title="Quebec Autoroute 55">A-55</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Qc153.svg/24px-Qc153.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Qc153.svg/36px-Qc153.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Qc153.svg/48px-Qc153.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="602" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_153" title="Quebec Route 153">R-153</a> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Qc155.svg/24px-Qc155.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Qc155.svg/36px-Qc155.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Qc155.svg/48px-Qc155.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="602" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_155" title="Quebec Route 155">R-155</a> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Qc157.svg/24px-Qc157.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Qc157.svg/36px-Qc157.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Qc157.svg/48px-Qc157.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="602" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_157" title="Quebec Route 157">R-157</a> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Qc351.svg/24px-Qc351.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Qc351.svg/36px-Qc351.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Qc351.svg/48px-Qc351.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="602" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_351" title="Quebec Route 351">R-351</a> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Qc359.svg/24px-Qc359.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Qc359.svg/36px-Qc359.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Qc359.svg/48px-Qc359.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="602" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Route_359" title="Quebec Route 359">R-359</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shawinigan.ca">www<wbr />.shawinigan<wbr />.ca</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shawinigan</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a city located on the <a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_River" title="Saint-Maurice River">Saint-Maurice River</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mauricie" title="Mauricie">Mauricie</a> area in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada. It had a population of 49,620 as of the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 Canadian census</a>. </p><p>Shawinigan is also a <a href="/wiki/Territory_equivalent_to_a_regional_county_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory equivalent to a regional county municipality">territory equivalent to a regional county municipality</a> (TE) and <a href="/wiki/Census_geographic_units_of_Canada" title="Census geographic units of Canada">census division</a> (CD) of <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, coextensive with the city of Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_districts_of_Quebec" title="Judicial districts of Quebec">judicial district</a> of Saint-Maurice.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name Shawinigan has had numerous spellings over time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It may mean "south portage", "portage of beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest".<sup id="cite_ref-toponymie_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toponymie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before 1958, the city was known as Shawinigan Falls. </p><p>Shawinigan is the birthplace of former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a> <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shawinigan_(1951-2009).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Shawinigan_%281951-2009%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Shawinigan_%281951-2009%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Shawinigan_%281951-2009%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Shawinigan_%281951-2009%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Shawinigan_%281951-2009%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Shawinigan_%281951-2009%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="327" data-file-height="218" /></a><figcaption>Old flag from 1951<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1651, the Jesuit priest Buteaux was the first European known to have travelled up the Saint-Maurice River to this river's first set of great falls. Afterwards, missionaries going to the Upper Saint-Maurice would rest here.<sup id="cite_ref-toponymie_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toponymie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before Shawinigan Falls was established, the local economy had been largely based on <a href="/wiki/Lumber" title="Lumber">lumber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boomtown">Boomtown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boomtown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3e_rue,_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Shawinigan Falls between 1903-1920" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/3e_rue%2C_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg/220px-3e_rue%2C_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/3e_rue%2C_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg/330px-3e_rue%2C_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/3e_rue%2C_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg/440px-3e_rue%2C_Shawinigan_falls_BAnQ_CP_023683_CON.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="655" /></a><figcaption>Shawinigan Falls between 1903-1920</figcaption></figure> <p>In the late 1890s, Shawinigan Falls drew the interest of foreign entrepreneurs such as John Joyce and <a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Aldred" class="mw-redirect" title="John Edward Aldred">John Edward Aldred</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shawinigan_Water_%26_Power_Company" title="Shawinigan Water & Power Company">Shawinigan Water & Power Company</a> (SW&P), and of <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Biermans" title="Hubert Biermans">Hubert Biermans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/AbitibiBowater_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="AbitibiBowater Inc.">Belgo Canadian Pulp & Paper Company</a> because of its particular geographic situation. Its falls had the potential to become a favorable location for the production of <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">hydroelectricity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1899, the SW&P commissioned <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> engineering firm Pringle and Son to design a <a href="/wiki/Grid_plan" title="Grid plan">grid plan</a> for a new industrial town on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_River" title="Saint-Maurice River">Saint-Maurice River</a>, providing the ground work for what would become Downtown Shawinigan.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1901, the place was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Shawinigan Falls and gained town (<i>ville</i>) status a year later in 1902. The hydro-electric generating station contributed to rapid economic growth and the town achieved several firsts in <a href="/wiki/History_of_Canada" title="History of Canada">Canadian history</a>: first production of <a href="/wiki/Aluminum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aluminum">aluminum</a> (1901), <a href="/wiki/Carborundum" class="mw-redirect" title="Carborundum">carborundum</a> (1908), <a href="/wiki/Cellophane" title="Cellophane">cellophane</a> pellets (1932).<sup id="cite_ref-toponymie_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toponymie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shawinigan Falls also became one of the first Canadian cities with electric <a href="/wiki/Street_lighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Street lighting">street lighting</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_Growth">Urban Growth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Urban Growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG/220px-H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG/330px-H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG/440px-H%C3%B4tel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Shawinigan City Hall</figcaption></figure><p>For decades, the local <a href="/wiki/Wood_pulp" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood pulp">pulp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paper" title="Paper">paper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry" title="Chemical industry">chemical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Textile_industry" title="Textile industry">textile</a> industries created thousands of jobs and stimulated city growth (see Sketch Map of Urban Neighborhoods in Shawinigan, 1899-1951). </p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG/220px-Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG/330px-Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG/440px-Shawinigan_Neighborhoods.PNG 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="694" /></a><figcaption>Industrial prosperity fostered the mergence of new districts over the decades that followed the foundation of Shawinigan Falls.</figcaption></figure> <p>Urban development steadily increased in Downtown Shawinigan Falls. By 1921, this sector was densely filled with commercial buildings on Fourth and Fifth street, as well as Station Avenue, one-family residences along the Riverside corridor (current-day St-Maurice Drive) and multi-story tenements elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Olmsted_Brothers" title="Olmsted Brothers">Olmsted Brothers</a> design firm was hired by the city to implement a beautification program. By the late 1920s, Downtown Shawinigan Falls was home to a public market, a fire station, a technical school, several church buildings and two landscaped public parks, including the Saint-Maurice Park.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many of the opulent uphill homes located in the somewhat secluded areas of Maple Street and Hemlock Avenue were occupied by more affluent people, many of whom happened to belong to the once vibrant <a href="/wiki/Anglophone_Quebecers" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglophone Quebecers">English-speaking</a> community, which at times comprised more than 30% of the local population. </p><p>As industrial plants began operation eastward and northward, neighbourhoods were established in Uptown Shawinigan Falls. The emergence of these new districts was defined by and intertwined with the parish structure of the Roman Catholic Church. The Saint-Marc neighbourhood, originally known as Village St-Onge, was annexed in 1902, extending the city limits to Dufresne Street. The uptown presence of the Canadian Carborundum and Alcan no. Two plants favoured the foundation the Christ-Roi neighbourhood, which was annexed in 1925 extending the city limits to St Sacrement Boulevard. The land now occupied by the section of town currently known as Shawinigan-Est was annexed in 1932. </p><p>Uptown Shawinigan Falls had its own fire station by 1922 and its own landscaped public park and swimming pool by 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westside near the Shawinigan River, the existence of the pulp and paper Belgo plant attracted enough residents to form a small, yet stable independent urban community called Baie-de-Shawinigan. </p><p>Across the Saint-Maurice River, <a href="/wiki/Shawinigan-Sud" class="mw-redirect" title="Shawinigan-Sud">Shawinigan-Sud</a> (then Almaville) maintained home-rule and developed as a residential hub. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Depression">Great Depression</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Great Depression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local <a href="/wiki/Prosperity" title="Prosperity">prosperity</a> was interrupted by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> in the 1930s. Many plants were forced to temporarily reduce or stop their production, which left many residents jobless. Many families needed <a href="/wiki/Public_assistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Public assistance">public assistance</a> to survive. The City Council enacted a <a href="/wiki/Public_works" title="Public works">public works</a> program to help families. </p><p>The promenade along the Saint-Maurice River was a project to create work during the depression. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> put Shawinigan Falls, and many others cities in Canada, back on the path of <a href="/wiki/Jobless_recovery" title="Jobless recovery">economic recovery</a>. </p><p>During hostilities, the windows of local <a href="/wiki/Power_plants" class="mw-redirect" title="Power plants">power plants</a> were painted black to prevent any possible <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">aerial</a> attack. </p><p>The Shawinigan-based <a href="/wiki/62nd_(Shawinigan)_Field_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment">81st Artillery Battery</a> was called to active duty during World War II. Its members were trained in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> from 1940 to 1944 and contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a>' effort in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landings" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landings">Normandy Landings</a> in 1944-45, which led to the Liberation of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, a <a href="/wiki/Cenotaph" title="Cenotaph">cenotaph</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Monument_des_Braves,_Shawinigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Monument des Braves, Shawinigan">Monument des Braves</a>, was erected in downtown Shawinigan Falls at the intersection of Fourth Street and Promenade du Saint-Maurice (then Riverside Street) near the <a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_River" title="Saint-Maurice River">Saint-Maurice River</a>, in honour of soldiers who died during that conflict as well as <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_of_the_working_class">Rise of the working class</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rise of the working class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the early 1950s, the industrial growth in Shawinigan Falls was such that the city offered the steadiest employment and the highest wages in Quebec.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to this advantageous position, Shawinigan Falls became a hot bed for <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">organized labor</a> and bargaining power. The rise of its working class also favoured the presence of numerous independently owned taverns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Labour_unions">Labour unions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Labour unions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As its working class gained economic ground and political leverage, Shawinigan Falls became fertile ground for labour unions. The workers of the Belgo pulp and paper plant went on strike in 1955. In the <a href="/wiki/1952_Quebec_general_election" title="1952 Quebec general election">1952 provincial election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Saint-Maurice (provincial electoral district)">Shawinigan</a> sent a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Quebec">Liberal</a> member to the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec" title="National Assembly of Quebec">legislature</a>. The gesture was largely considered an affront to <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Quebec" title="Premier of Quebec">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Duplessis" title="Maurice Duplessis">Maurice Duplessis</a>, who responded by refusing to approve the construction of a new bridge between Shawinigan Falls and Shawinigan-Sud. The new bridge was not built until after the Liberal Party won the <a href="/wiki/1960_Quebec_general_election" title="1960 Quebec general election">1960 election</a>. It was completed on September 2, 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taverns">Taverns</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Taverns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1950s, a number of taverns provided a male-only social environment for industrial workers. They were mostly concentrated in Downtown Shawinigan Falls (Saint-Bernard and Saint-Pierre), as well as in the Saint-Marc neighbourhood, as Shawinigan-Sud remained a <a href="/wiki/Dry_county" title="Dry county">dry town</a> until 1961,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and included the following venues: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Name</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Also Known As</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Address</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Neighbourhood</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Current Status</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Au Pied du Courant </td> <td> </td> <td>1885, avenue Saint-Marc </td> <td>Saint-Marc </td> <td>demolished </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Bob </td> <td>Chez Maxime </td> <td>413, avenue Mercier </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>out of business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Camille </td> <td>Chez Armand, Taverne Station </td> <td>902, avenue de la Station </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>demolished </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez François </td> <td>Taverne Bellevue, Cabaret La Vie est Belle </td> <td>2991, boulevard des Hêtres </td> <td>Sainte-Croix </td> <td>still in business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Georges </td> <td>Bar Le Transit </td> <td>2172, avenue Cloutier </td> <td>Saint-Marc </td> <td>out of business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Jos </td> <td> </td> <td>482, 5e rue </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>demolished </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Léo </td> <td> </td> <td>820, 4e rue </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>out of business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Maurice </td> <td>Jos Bar Terrasse </td> <td>666, 5e rue </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>still in business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Paul (Bistro Bar) </td> <td> </td> <td>303, avenue Tamarac </td> <td>Saint-Bernard </td> <td>out of business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Paul (Taverne) </td> <td>Au Gobelet </td> <td>403, avenue Tamarac </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>burned down </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chez Rosaire </td> <td> </td> <td>763, rue Lambert </td> <td>Saint-Marc </td> <td>still in business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Corvette </td> <td> </td> <td>822, rue Trudel </td> <td>Saint-Marc </td> <td>burned down in 1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Taverne Laliberté </td> <td>Taverne des Expos, Bar de l’Énergie </td> <td>1572, avenue Saint-Marc </td> <td>Saint-Marc </td> <td>still in business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Taverne Moderne </td> <td> </td> <td>2282, avenue Saint-Marc </td> <td>Saint-Marc </td> <td>still in business </td></tr> <tr> <td>Taverne des Sports </td> <td>Club Social </td> <td>382, 5e rue </td> <td>Saint-Pierre </td> <td>demolished </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1951, the local tavern keepers formed a business association.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981, the provincial government enacted a law that gave women access to most taverns. By 1986, women had already been admitted in most taverns.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While a handful of local taverns evolved into bistros or restaurants, most of them did not survive the <a href="/wiki/Deindustrialization" title="Deindustrialization">industrial decline</a> that characterized the last third of the 20th Century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline">Decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1950s, Shawinigan Falls entered a period of decline that would last for several decades. Technological improvements made industries less dependent on Shawinigan Falls' geographic location. Therefore, many employers would relocate to nearby larger cities or close down. </p><p>In 1958, it received city (<i>cité</i>) status, and its name was abbreviated to just Shawinigan.<sup id="cite_ref-toponymie_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toponymie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a reaction to declining opportunities, many residents, many of whom were English-speakers, left the area. Shawinigan High School is the only remaining English-language school in the city following the closure of St. Patrick's (closed circa 1983). Shawinigan's last English-language newspaper, the Shawinigan Standard, ceased publication at the end of 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1963, the <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Quebec" title="Politics of Quebec">provincial government</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jean_Lesage" title="Jean Lesage">Jean Lesage</a> <a href="/wiki/Hydro-Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Hydro-Québec">nationalized</a> eleven privately owned electricity companies, including SW&P. While benefiting the population in general, the decision may have been damaging to local interests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emerging_hospitality_industry">Emerging hospitality industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Emerging hospitality industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to offset the decline of the heavy industry, leaders have promoted the expansion of the local <a href="/wiki/Hospitality_industry" title="Hospitality industry">hospitality industry</a>. The most notable example of that initiative is the establishment of <a href="/wiki/La_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27%C3%89nergie" title="La Cité de l'Énergie">La Cité de l'Énergie</a>, a theme park based on local industrial history, with a 115-metre-high (377 ft) <a href="/wiki/Observation_tower_of_la_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27%C3%89nergie" class="mw-redirect" title="Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie">observation tower</a>. Since it opened in 1997, it has attracted thousands of visitors to the area. It currently hosts bus tours and cruises, as well as entertainment shows and interactive exhibits. Since 2012, it is also home to the Museum of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>, a venue similar to those operated by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_library_system" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential library system">U.S. presidential library system</a> and which focuses on the gifts received by the former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a> (1993-2003) during his official duties.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mergers">Mergers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mergers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shawinigan_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Shawinigan_002.jpg/220px-Shawinigan_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Shawinigan_002.jpg/330px-Shawinigan_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Shawinigan_002.jpg/440px-Shawinigan_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Lac-Pratte, 3 km south of the Lac-à-la-Tortue Ecological Reserve</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG/220px-Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG/330px-Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG/440px-Trou_du_diable_Shawinigan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The "Trou du Diable" falls, with the Cité de l'Énergie tower in the background.</figcaption></figure><p> In 1998, Shawinigan merged with the Village Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Baie-de-Shawinigan" title="Baie-de-Shawinigan">Baie-de-Shawinigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-toponymie_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toponymie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 1, 2002, Shawinigan <a href="/wiki/Municipal_reorganization_in_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal reorganization in Quebec">amalgamated</a> with much of the <a href="/wiki/Le_Centre-de-la-Mauricie_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality">Regional County Municipality of Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie</a>. The following municipalities were part of the merger: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Municipality</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Year of Foundation</b> <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Population (1996)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shawinigan <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1901 </td> <td>18,678 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand-M%C3%A8re,_Quebec" title="Grand-Mère, Quebec">Grand-Mère</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1898 </td> <td>14,223 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shawinigan-Sud,_Quebec" title="Shawinigan-Sud, Quebec">Shawinigan-Sud</a> </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>11,804 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Georges-de-Champlain,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Georges-de-Champlain, Quebec">Saint-Georges-de-Champlain</a> </td> <td>1915 </td> <td>3,929 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lac-%C3%A0-la-Tortue,_Quebec" title="Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec">Lac-à-la-Tortue</a> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td>3,169 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-G%C3%A9rard-des-Laurentides,_Quebec" title="Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides, Quebec">Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides</a> </td> <td>1924 <sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2,155 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Jean-des-Piles,_Quebec" title="Saint-Jean-des-Piles, Quebec">Saint-Jean-des-Piles</a> </td> <td>1897 </td> <td>693 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shawinigan has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Dfb</i>) featuring cold and snowy winters coupled with warm and humid summers. Precipitation is moderate to high year round, resulting in heavy winter snowfall, typical of Eastern Canada. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Shawinigan </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.0<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.2<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(77.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.3<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.2<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.6<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.0<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.7<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.0<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.2<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.9<br />(30.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.0<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.1<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−47.0<br />(−52.6) </td> <td style="background: #1A1AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−37.8<br />(−36.0) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−33.9<br />(−29.0) </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24.4<br />(−11.9) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.8<br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.7<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.1<br />(12.0) </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−25.0<br />(−13.0) </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−42.2<br />(−44.0) </td> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−47.0<br />(−52.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(3.11) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.1<br />(2.37) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.5<br />(2.89) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(3.19) </td> <td style="background: #6DFF6D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.6<br />(3.84) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101.6<br />(4.00) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107.6<br />(4.24) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">103.0<br />(4.06) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.3<br />(3.91) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.5<br />(3.64) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5<br />(3.25) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.0<br />(3.58) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,068.6<br />(42.07) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(0.70) </td> <td style="background: #E6FFE6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(0.59) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(1.36) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.7<br />(2.67) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.1<br />(3.82) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101.6<br />(4.00) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107.6<br />(4.24) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">103.0<br />(4.06) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.3<br />(3.91) </td> <td style="background: #76FF76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.9<br />(3.62) </td> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5<br />(2.30) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(1.01) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">819.4<br />(32.26) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.1<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.2<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #30FF30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #008C00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.4<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #00C200; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">249.1<br />(98.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.4 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.1 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">143.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">101.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Environment_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Environment Canada">Environment Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-climatedata_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climatedata-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 Census of Population</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>, Shawinigan had a population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004496200000000000♠"></span>49,620</span> living in <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004250600000000000♠"></span>25,060</span> of its <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004274440000000000♠"></span>27,444</span> total private dwellings, a change of <span data-sort-value="6999549149932116152♠" style="display:none"></span>0.5% from its 2016 population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004493490000000000♠"></span>49,349</span>. With a land area of 729.98 km<sup>2</sup> (281.85 sq mi), it had a population density of <span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001679744650538370♠"></span>68.0/km<sup>2</sup> (176.1/sq mi) in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>an <a href="/wiki/Alcan" title="Alcan">Alcan</a> aluminum plant: built in 1941 and located at 1100 Boulevard Saint-Sacrement, it took over the production of a 1901 structure which is located near the Saint-Maurice River and is currently managed by La Cité de l'Énergie. It has since shut down in 2015;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the Belgo pulp and paper plant: <a href="/wiki/AbitibiBowater_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="AbitibiBowater Inc.">AbitibiBowater Inc.</a> ceased its production on February 29, 2008;<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Laurentide Paper Company: <a href="/wiki/AbitibiBowater_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="AbitibiBowater Inc.">AbitibiBowater Inc.</a> the last major paper mill still active in Shawinigan, located in the Grand-Mère district.</li> <li>large <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric">hydroelectric</a> complex at Shawinigan Falls: the <a href="/wiki/List_of_hydroelectric_stations_in_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hydroelectric stations in Quebec">Shawinigan 2</a> (1911) and Shawinigan 3 (1948) <a href="/wiki/Power_plants" class="mw-redirect" title="Power plants">power plants</a>, established by the <a href="/wiki/Shawinigan_Water_%26_Power_Company" title="Shawinigan Water & Power Company">Shawinigan Water & Power Company</a>, they have been the property of <a href="/wiki/Hydro-Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Hydro-Québec">Hydro-Québec</a> since 1963 and are also located near the Saint-Maurice River.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <i>Classique internationale de canots de la Mauricie</i>: a prestigious <a href="/wiki/Canoe_marathon" title="Canoe marathon">marathon canoe race</a>, held annually since 1934.</li> <li>Grand-Mère's <a href="/wiki/F%C3%AAte_nationale_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mw-redirect" title="Fête nationale du Québec">Fête nationale du Québec</a> celebration: consisting of a bonfire and a live performance from local musicians, its audience arguably ranks among the largest crowds in the <a href="/wiki/Mauricie" title="Mauricie">Mauricie</a> area. It takes place at the <a href="/wiki/Grand-M%C3%A8re,_Quebec" title="Grand-Mère, Quebec">Parc de la rivière Grand-Mère</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tradition goes back decades ago.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Trou du Diable (Devil's Hole): this mysterious location consists of a swirl in the <a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_River" title="Saint-Maurice River">Saint-Maurice River</a> nearby the falls. Legend has it, the Trou du Diable has no bottom, making it impossible to rescue anyone who falls into it <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park" title="Park">Parc Saint-Maurice</a>: located in downtown Shawinigan, it was part of the city's original plan.</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/62nd_(Shawinigan)_Field_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment">62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment</a>: a Reserve unit of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a> which was called to active duty during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27%C3%89nergie" title="La Cité de l'Énergie">La Cité de l'Énergie</a></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Shawinigan_Cataractes" title="Shawinigan Cataractes">Shawinigan Cataractes</a>: the only <a href="/wiki/QMJHL" class="mw-redirect" title="QMJHL">QMJHL</a> franchise to have stayed in the same city since the league's inception in 1969. They play at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Centre_Gervais-Auto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centre Gervais-Auto (page does not exist)">Centre Gervais-Auto</a></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Income_taxes_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Income taxes in Canada">Shawinigan-Sud Tax Centre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Shawinigan_Cataractes" title="Shawinigan Cataractes">Shawinigan Cataractes</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Maritimes_Junior_Hockey_League" title="Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League">Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League</a> play out of the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Gervais_Auto" title="Centre Gervais Auto">Centre Gervais Auto</a> in Shawinigan. It played host to the <a href="/wiki/2012_Memorial_Cup" title="2012 Memorial Cup">2012 Memorial Cup</a> hockey tournament and won the Championship, defeating the <a href="/wiki/London_Knights" title="London Knights">London Knights</a> in the final. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of the oldest streets of Shawinigan were numbered, like the streets of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(Manhattan)" title="Broadway (Manhattan)">Avenue Broadway</a> was named after the famous Manhattan thoroughfare. </p><p>Several other streets and avenues were named to honour famous people, including: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George-%C3%89tienne_Cartier" title="George-Étienne Cartier">George-Étienne Cartier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Dollard_des_Ormeaux" title="Adam Dollard des Ormeaux">Dollard des Ormeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Julian_Eymard" title="Peter Julian Eymard">Peter Julian Eymard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Buade_de_Frontenac" title="Louis de Buade de Frontenac">Comte de Frontenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">King George V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lomer_Gouin" title="Lomer Gouin">Lomer Gouin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hugo" title="Victor Hugo">Victor Hugo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Le_Moyne_d%27Iberville" title="Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville">Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Joffre" title="Joseph Joffre">Marshal Joseph Joffre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">Pope John XXIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Labelle" title="Antoine Labelle">Curé Labelle</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Fran%C3%A7ois_Richer_Lafl%C3%A8che" title="Louis-François Richer Laflèche">Monsignor Louis-François Laflèche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">Sieur de La Salle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calixa_Lavall%C3%A9e" title="Calixa Lavallée">Calixa Lavallée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Mercier" title="Honoré Mercier">Honoré Mercier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm" title="Louis-Joseph de Montcalm">Marquis de Montcalm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Laporte" title="Pierre Laporte">Pierre Laporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolphe-Basile_Routhier" title="Adolphe-Basile Routhier">Basile Routhier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Talon" title="Jean Talon">Jean Talon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Vanier" title="Georges Vanier">Major General Georges Vanier</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recent years, the church attendance of Catholics in Shawinigan has been on the decline. As a result, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières">Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières</a> has had difficulties maintaining its churches and merged a number of its parishes. The Catholic churches are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Church</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Location</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Year of foundation</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Status</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Pierre <i>(Saint Peter)</i> </td> <td>792, avenue Hemlock </td> <td>1901 </td> <td>active </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Marc <i>(Saint Mark)</i> </td> <td>1895, avenue Champlain </td> <td>1911 </td> <td>active </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sacré-Cœur <i>(Sacred Heart)</i> </td> <td>17, rue de l'Église,<br />Baie-de-Shawinigan </td> <td>1911 </td> <td>active </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Bernard <i>(Saint Bernard)</i> </td> <td>562, 3<sup>e</sup> Rue </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>inactive<br />closed in 2005 <sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christ-Roi <i>(Christ the King)</i> </td> <td>1250, rue Notre-Dame </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>inactive<br />closed in 1994<br />demolished in 2002 <sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sainte-Croix <i>(Holy Cross)</i> </td> <td>2153, rue Gignac </td> <td>1949 </td> <td>inactive<br />closed in 2004 <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Charles-Garnier <i>(Saint Charles Garnier)</i> </td> <td>2173, avenue De la Madone </td> <td>1949 </td> <td>active </td></tr> <tr> <td>Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission<br /><i>(English-speaking community)</i> </td> <td>773, avenue de la Station </td> <td>1949 </td> <td>inactive<br />closed in 1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>L’Assomption <i>(Assumption)</i> </td> <td>4393, boulevard Des Hêtres </td> <td>1951 </td> <td>active </td></tr> <tr> <td>Desserte Sainte Hélène <i>(Saint Helena Mission)</i> </td> <td>2350, 93<sup>e</sup> Rue </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>inactive<br />closed </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The current church building for Saint-Pierre was constructed between 1908 and 1937. The structure's <a href="/wiki/Stained_glass" title="Stained glass">stained glass</a> was designed by <a href="/wiki/Italian_Canadians" title="Italian Canadians">Italian Canadian</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Guido_Nincheri" title="Guido Nincheri">Guido Nincheri</a> between 1930 and 1961. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are eight public schools.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven of them are under the supervision of the <i><a href="/wiki/Commission_scolaire_de_l%27%C3%89nergie" title="Commission scolaire de l'Énergie">Commission scolaire de l'Énergie</a></i> school board. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>School</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Level</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Location</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc"><b>Number of students</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Carrefour Formation Mauricie </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vocational_education" title="Vocational education">Vocational education</a> </td> <td>5105, avenue Albert-Tessier </td> <td>808 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Centre d'éducation des adultes du Saint-Maurice </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adult_education" title="Adult education">Adult education</a> </td> <td>1092, rue Trudel </td> <td>1,353 </td></tr> <tr> <td>École secondaire des Chutes </td> <td>Secondary </td> <td>5285, avenue Albert-Tessier </td> <td>714 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Immaculée-Conception <i>(Immaculate Conception)</i> </td> <td>Elementary </td> <td>153, 8<sup>e</sup> Rue </td> <td>220 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Charles-Garnier <i>(Saint Charles Garnier)</i> </td> <td>Elementary </td> <td>2265, rue Laflèche </td> <td>157 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Jacques <i>(Saint James)</i> </td> <td>Elementary </td> <td>2015, rue Saint-Jacques </td> <td>220 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saint-Joseph <i>(Saint Joseph)</i> </td> <td>Elementary </td> <td>1452, rue Châteauguay </td> <td>155 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Children who meet <a href="/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language" title="Charter of the French Language">Charter of the French Language</a> requirements for instruction in English can attend <i><a href="/wiki/Shawinigan_High_School" title="Shawinigan High School">Shawinigan High School</a></i>. Its campus is located at 1125, rue des Cèdres and is operated by the <i><a href="/wiki/Central_Qu%C3%A9bec_School_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Québec School Board">Central Québec School Board</a></i>. </p><p>Shawinigan is also home of the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9minaire_Sainte-Marie" title="Séminaire Sainte-Marie">Séminaire Sainte-Marie</a>, a private institution that provides the secondary curriculum and of the <a href="/wiki/Coll%C3%A8ge_Shawinigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Collège Shawinigan">Collège Shawinigan</a>: a <a href="/wiki/CEGEP" title="CEGEP">CEGEP</a> whose main campus is located at 2263 Avenue du Collège; </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monterrey" title="Monterrey">Monterrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Pronovost" title="Marcel Pronovost">Marcel Pronovost</a> (1930-2015), National Hockey League player from 1950-1970. Mainly known for his 15 year career with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>. He was the first coach of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cougars" title="Chicago Cougars">Chicago Cougars</a> (1972-1973) of the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> and a coach of the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> (1977-1979). He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Blaikie" title="Peter Blaikie">Peter Blaikie</a>, lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_Bournival" title="Michaël Bournival">Michaël Bournival</a>, National Hockey League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aline_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Aline Chrétien">Aline Chrétien</a>, wife of Jean Chrétien</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>, 20th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a> from 1993-2003.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Cossette" title="Sylvain Cossette">Sylvain Cossette</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Dufour" title="Antoine Dufour">Antoine Dufour</a>, acoustic guitarist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dumont" title="Paul Dumont">Paul Dumont</a>, founding father of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Forestier" title="Louise Forestier">Louise Forestier</a>, singer and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_G%C3%A9linas" title="Martin Gélinas">Martin Gélinas</a>, National Hockey League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Lacoursi%C3%A8re" title="Jacques Lacoursière">Jacques Lacoursière</a>, historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carole_Laure" title="Carole Laure">Carole Laure</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Perro" title="Bryan Perro">Bryan Perro</a>, author, known for the Amos Daragon series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Plante" title="Jacques Plante">Jacques Plante</a>, National Hockey League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Pronovost" title="André Pronovost">André Pronovost</a>, National Hockey League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camil_Samson" title="Camil Samson">Camil Samson</a>, leader of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photos">Photos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Photos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">Some sectors</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lac-à-la-Tortue, Turtle Lake, seaplane docked, Chemin de la Vigilance"><img alt="Lac-à-la-Tortue, Turtle Lake, seaplane docked, Chemin de la Vigilance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg/240px-Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg/360px-Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg/480px-Secteur_Lac_a_la_Tortue_035.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lac-%C3%A0-la-Tortue,_Quebec" title="Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec">Lac-à-la-Tortue</a>, Turtle Lake, seaplane docked, Chemin de la Vigilance</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shawinigan&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regional_county_municipalities_and_equivalent_territories_in_Quebec" title="List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec">List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayors_of_Shawinigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayors of Shawinigan">Mayors of Shawinigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Maurice_River" title="Saint-Maurice River">Saint-Maurice River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Mauricie_National_Park" title="La Mauricie National Park">La Mauricie National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapizagonke_Lake" title="Wapizagonke Lake">Wapizagonke Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac-%C3%A0-la-Tortue,_Quebec" title="Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec">Lac-à-la-Tortue</a>, sector of Shawinigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand-M%C3%A8re,_Quebec" title="Grand-Mère, Quebec">Grand-Mère</a>, sector of Shawinigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Anselme-Fay" title="Île Anselme-Fay">Île Anselme-Fay</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Bellemare, 60 ans d'artillerie en Mauricie, Shawinigan, 1996</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=698&dat=19570529&id=Fu4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NEQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2583,332898">"Shawinigan Falls Labor Wage Rate Highest in Province"</a>. <i>The Shawinigan Standard</i>. D.R. 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Wilson. 5 September 1962.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shawinigan+Standard&rft.atitle=Premier+Lesage+Inaugurated+Shawinigan+Bridge+Sunday&rft.date=1962-09-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3DE7VqQtBCVmcC%26dat%3D19620905%26printsec%3Dfrontpage%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShawinigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=698&dat=19610705&id=e7wvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S0QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673,3883848">"Prohibition Repealed at Shawinigan South"</a>. <i>The Shawinigan Standard</i>. D.R. Wilson. 5 July 1961.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shawinigan+Standard&rft.atitle=Prohibition+Repealed+at+Shawinigan+South&rft.date=1961-07-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D698%26dat%3D19610705%26id%3De7wvAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3DS0QDAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D3673%2C3883848&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShawinigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=698&dat=19510509&id=edgvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BEMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2353,7062281">"Tavern Keepers form Local Association"</a>. <i>The Shawinigan Standard</i>. D.R. Wilson. 9 May 1951.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shawinigan+Standard&rft.atitle=Tavern+Keepers+form+Local+Association&rft.date=1951-05-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D698%26dat%3D19510509%26id%3DedgvAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3DBEMDAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D2353%2C7062281&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShawinigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unites.uqam.ca/arir/pdf/chronologieNouvelleVersionJuin2007.pdf">Chronologie de l’histoire des femmes au Québec et rappel d’événements marquants à travers le monde </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131114033229/http://www.unites.uqam.ca/arir/pdf/chronologieNouvelleVersionJuin2007.pdf">Archived</a> 2013-11-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 2006-07</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson1970" class="citation news cs1">Wilson, Don (22 December 1970). "Greetings of the Christmas Season: Final Edition". <i>The Shawinigan Standard</i>. No. 27. p. 1. <q>It is with sincere regret and a heavy heart that we must ring down the curtain on the Standard, in its 42nd year of publication and what for the past few months has been the only English medium in the St. Maurice Valley.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shawinigan+Standard&rft.atitle=Greetings+of+the+Christmas+Season%3A+Final+Edition&rft.issue=27&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1970-12-22&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=Don&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShawinigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/201206/16/01-4535574-le-musee-du-premier-ministre-jean-chretien-ouvre-ses-portes.php">Le «Musée du premier ministre Jean Chrétien» ouvre ses portes, Daniel Lemay, La Presse, June 16, 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/accueil/livre_blanc_2000/documents/centre-de-la-mauricie/rapcentremauricie.pdf">Rapport du mandataire du Gouvernement - La réorganisation municipale du Centre-de-la-Mauricie</a>, 2000</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil/PlaceSearchForm1.cfm">Community Profiles</a>, Statistics Canada, 1996</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shawinigan includes <a href="/wiki/Baie-de-Shawinigan" title="Baie-de-Shawinigan">Baie-de-Shawinigan</a>, which was established in 1907 and merged in 1998.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Grand-Mère includes <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sainte-Flore,_Quebec&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sainte-Flore, Quebec (page does not exist)">Sainte-Flore</a>, which was established in 1862.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Parish_municipality_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish municipality (Quebec)">parish municipality</a> of Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides was established in 1922.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-climatedata-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-climatedata_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=shawinigan&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5290&dispBack=1">"Shawinigan, Quebec"</a>. <i>Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000</i>. <a href="/wiki/Environment_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Environment Canada">Environment Canada</a>. 19 January 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Canadian+Climate+Normals+1971%E2%80%932000&rft.atitle=Shawinigan%2C+Quebec&rft.date=2011-01-19&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclimate.weather.gc.ca%2Fclimate_normals%2Fresults_e.html%3FsearchType%3DstnName%26txtStationName%3Dshawinigan%26searchMethod%3Dcontains%26txtCentralLatMin%3D0%26txtCentralLatSec%3D0%26txtCentralLongMin%3D0%26txtCentralLongSec%3D0%26stnID%3D5290%26dispBack%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShawinigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2021census-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2021census_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224">"Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Canada" title="Statistics Canada">Statistics Canada</a>. February 9, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 29,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Population+and+dwelling+counts%3A+Canada%2C+provinces+and+territories%2C+and+census+subdivisions+%28municipalities%29%2C+Quebec&rft.pub=Statistics+Canada&rft.date=2022-02-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww150.statcan.gc.ca%2Ft1%2Ftbl1%2Fen%2Ftv.action%3Fpid%3D9810000202%26geocode%3DA000224&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShawinigan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://argent.canoe.com/lca/infos/quebec/archives/2007/11/20071119-145043.html">Lueur d'espoir pour l'aluminerie Alcan de Shawinigan, Presse canadienne, November 19, 2007</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080119213719/http://argent.canoe.com/lca/infos/quebec/archives/2007/11/20071119-145043.html">Archived</a> January 19, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lhebdodustmaurice.com/article-169417-Belgo-le-syndicat-depose-un-grief-pour-retarder-la-fermeture.html">Belgo: le syndicat dépose un grief pour retarder la fermeture, Bernard Lepage, L'Hebdo du Saint-Maurice, December 20, 2007</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.voir.ca/actualite/actualite.aspx?iIDArticle=42484">La fête nationale en Mauricie</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184923/http://www.voir.ca/actualite/actualite.aspx?iIDArticle=42484">Archived</a> 2007-09-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Karine Parenteau, Voir, June 22, 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lhebdodustmaurice.com/article-78625-Vandalisme-dans-le-parc-de-la-riviere-GrandMere.html">Vandalisme dans le parc de la rivière Grand-Mère</a>, Clin d'oeil historique, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, February 23, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vif.com/users/spongiana/trou.html">Brasserie Le Trou du Diable</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lhebdodustmaurice.com/article-152278-Leglise-SaintBernard-amorce-sa-deuxieme-vocation.html">L'église Saint-Bernard amorce sa deuxième vocation, Hugo Lemay, L'Hebdo du St-Maurice, October 28, 2007</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archimede.bibl.ulaval.ca/archimede/files/e9cbd84e-2186-4abe-a22d-550e39ebd2d9/apd.html">Annexe II Liste des églises paroissiales vendues dans les diocèses catholiques du Québec, 1965-2002, Archimède, Université Laval</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/orgues/baoq100.html">Bulletin des Amis de l'orgue de Québec, No. 100 - February 2005</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080602051714/http://www.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/orgues/baoq100.html">Archived</a> 2008-06-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This figure does not include schools located in recently merged entities such as Shawinigan-Sud. For more details, see the article for each former municipality.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/player/marcel-pronovost-8448214">"Marcel Pronovost"</a>. <i>NHL</i>. National Hockey League<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Mékinac Regional County Municipality">Mékinac RCM</a></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Maskinong%C3%A9_Regional_County_Municipality" title="Maskinongé Regional County Municipality">Maskinongé RCM</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" 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