Prévost () is a town within the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, and the administrative region of

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in the

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, north of

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. It was created in 1973 from the amalgamation of the former villages of Shawbridge and Lesage with old Prévost on the other side of the Rivière du Nord. Shawbridge was named after William Shaw (1805-1894) who settled in the township of Abercromby in 1847 and built the first bridge over the Rivière du Nord. It is known for its cross-country skiing and for the Shawbridge Boys' Farm, a youth detention centre operated by Batshaw Youth Services. Route 117, also known as Curé-Labelle Boulevard, is the town's main street crossing the city from south to north. Autoroute 15, the Laurentian Autoroute, also serves the town. The city's main roads also include chemin du Lac-Écho and rue de la Station which both lead to nearby Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec. Prévost was formerly known as Shawbridge until 1973. Police services are provided by the

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, the provincial police force. Shawbridge was formerly served by freight and passenger services of the

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. The Prévost railway station is now a community centre and stop on the Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord bicycle and hiking trail. Shawbridge and old Prévost were traditionally linked by the Shaw bridge, built in 1923 as a replacement for William Shaw's wooden bridge, over the Rivière du Nord. The bridge was closed by the Quebec government in late June 2008 as unsafe, forcing pedestrians to walk along the highway, but local residents and the town's mayor, Claude Charbonneau, have asked that the bridge be reopened, at least for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The Quebec Ministry of Transport reopened the bridge on August 28, 2008, but only for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Prévost had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend: * Population in 2021: 13,692 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.3%) * Population in 2016: 13,002 (2011 to 2016 population change: 10.7%) * Population in 2011: 11,747 (2006 to 2011 population change: 15.9%) * Population in 2006: 10,132 (2001 to 2006 population change: 22.4%) * Population in 2011: 11,747 (2006 to 2011 population change: 15.9%) * Population in 2006: 10,132 (2001 to 2006 population change: 22.4%) * Population in 2001: 8,280 * Population in 1996: 7,308 * Population in 1991: 6,024 * Population in 1986: 5,229 * Population in 1981: 4,716 * Population in 1976: 3,298 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 2.3% * French as first language: 94.2% * English and French as first language: 1.7% * Other as first language: 1.8%

Education

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operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town: * Morin Heights Elementary School in

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Previously Batshaw High School was in Prévost.Schools 2000-2001
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. August 7, 2001. Retrieved on September 18, 2017.

References

Commission de toponymie du Quebec : Prévost

External links

Town of Prévost website
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