Chénéville

Chénéville (French pronunciation: [ʃenevil]) is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality.

Chénéville
Municipality
Location within Papineau RCM
Chénéville Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 45°53′N 75°03′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
RCM	Papineau
Settled	1850s
Constituted	August 21, 1996
Government [2]
• Mayor	Maxime Proulx-Cadieux
• Federal riding	Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
• Prov. riding	Papineau
Area [2][3]
• Total	66.80 km2 (25.79 sq mi)
• Land	65.83 km2 (25.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	848
• Density	12.9/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	11%
• Dwellings	500
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0V 1E0
Area code	819
Highways	R-315 R-321
Website	www.ville-cheneville.com

Route 315 through Chénéville

History

First settled in the middle of the 19th century, its first post office opened in 1864 under the name Sévigné, perhaps in honour of the Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696). From 1876 to 1884, the post office was known as Hartwell, and from 1884 on, it became Chénéville. It could be that it was renamed in memory of a nephew of Hercule Chéné who was born around 1864.^[4] (Pierre Hercule Chéné (1834-1904) was mayor of Ripon-et-Hartwell, Hartwell-et-Suffolk, Hartwell, and Hartwell-et-Preston, and counsellor of Chénéville.^[5])

In 1903, the village separated from the United Township Municipality of Hartwell-et-Preston to form the Village Municipality of Chénéville, following a request from 55 citizens submitted to the Lieutenant Governor.^[4] Hygin Locas was its first mayor. At that time, the village consisted of 26 homes and 6 streets.^[5]

The Vinoy Post Office opened in 1871, most likely named in honour of the French General Joseph Vinoy (1800-1880). In 1920, the western portion of Suffolk Township separated and formed the Township Municipality of Suffolk-West, but was renamed Vinoy three years later. On August 21, 1996, the Vinoy merged to Chénéville and they formed the new Municipality of Chénéville.^[4]

Demographics

Canada census – Chénéville community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	848 (+11.0% from 2016)	764 (-3.5% from 2011)	792 (1.0% from 2006)
Land area	65.83 km2 (25.42 sq mi)	66.76 km2 (25.78 sq mi)	65.15 km2 (25.15 sq mi)
Population density	12.9/km2 (33/sq mi)	11.4/km2 (30/sq mi)	12.2/km2 (32/sq mi)
Median age	55.2 (M: 56.0, F: 55.2)	53.5 (M: 52.2, F: 55.5)	51.3 (M: 50.9, F: 51.5)
Private dwellings	500 (total)  412 (occupied)	502 (total)	463 (total)
Median household income	$52,800	$39,040	$41,793

References: 2021^[6] 2016^[7] 2011^[8]

Historical census populations – Chénéville, Quebec

Year	Pop.	±%
1986	737	—
1991	760	+3.1%
1996	755	−0.7%
2001	738	−2.3%
2006	784	+6.2%
2011	792	+1.0%
2016	764	−3.5%
2021	848	+11.0%
Population amounts prior to 1998 are total of Chénéville VL and Vinoy SD. Source: Statistics Canada

• Population total in 1996:
  • Chénéville (village): 646
  • Vinoy (municipality): 109
• Population in 1991:
  • Chénéville (village): 635
  • Vinoy (municipality): 125

Mother tongue:^[3]

• English as first language: 3.6%
• French as first language: 92.9%
• English and French as first language: 3.0%
• Other as first language: 0.6%

Education

A portion of the village lies in the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, which operates Anglophone public schools:

• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute^[9]

Notable people

• Marquise Lepage (born 1959), producer, screenwriter, and film and television director