Shawville, Quebec

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Shawville
Municipality
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Shawville main street
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Location within Pontiac RCM
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Shawville
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 45°36′N76°29′W / 45.600°N 76.483°W / 45.600; -76.483 [1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Outaouais
RCM Pontiac
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1874
Government
[2]
 • MayorBill McCleary
 •  Federal riding Pontiac
 •  Prov. riding Pontiac
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total5.40 km2 (2.08 sq mi)
 • Land5.38 km2 (2.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total1,668
 • Density310.1/km2 (803/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Increase2.svg 5.1%
 • Dwellings
807
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0X 2Y0
Area code 819
HighwaysQc148.svg R-148
Qc303.svg R-303
Website www.shawville.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Shawville is a town located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Outaouais in western Quebec, Canada.

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History

At the end of the 1860s, a group of citizens from Clarendon Centre, under the leadership of James Shaw (1818–1877), separated the municipality from the township of Clarendon. While they had originally planned on naming the new entity "Daggville," after the name of a pioneer family, they opted instead to name it "Shawville" after James Shaw promised to donate 0.8 ha (2.0 acres) of land to the new municipality. Shawville was officially established in 1874 and was populated by Irish Protestant immigrants. John Dale Jr, who was mayor of Clarendon at the time, resigned to become the first mayor of the newly formed township of Shawville in 1874.

The municipality has a Methodist church that was built in Shawville in 1835, while the Catholic Parish of Saint-Alexandre-de-Clarendon opened its doors in 1840. This church would later be renamed Sainte-Mélanie and still later as Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur in 1917. [1]

In recent times, Shawville has been the site of several conflicts between local shopkeepers and the Office québécois de la langue française over the province's language laws. [4]

Geography

The town is an enclave within the municipality of Clarendon. Shawville is situated approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Gatineau and 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Fort-Coulonge.

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Shawville, Quebec community profile
2021 2016 2011
Population1,668 (+5.1% from 2016)1,587 (-4.6% from 2011)1,664 (+4.9% from 2006)
Land area5.38 km2 (2.08 sq mi)5.39 km2 (2.08 sq mi)5.40 km2 (2.08 sq mi)
Population density310.1/km2 (803/sq mi)294.5/km2 (763/sq mi)308.1/km2 (798/sq mi)
Median age53.6 (M: 48.8, F: 56.0)50.1 (M: 46.6, F: 52.4)50.8 (M: 48.0, F: 53.2)
Private dwellings807 (total)  750 (occupied)735 (total) 775 (total) 
Median household income$55,200$47,403$43,575
References: 2021 [5] 2016 [6] 2011 [7] earlier [8] [9]
Historical Census Data - Shawville, Quebec
YearPop.±%
1921 735—    
1931 801+9.0%
1941 892+11.4%
1951 1,159+29.9%
1956 1,281+10.5%
1961 1,534+19.8%
YearPop.±%
1966 1,652+7.7%
1971 1,745+5.6%
1976 1,724−1.2%
1981 1,608−6.7%
1986 1,575−2.1%
1991 1,591+1.0%
YearPop.±%
1996 1,632+2.6%
2001 1,582−3.1%
2006 1,587+0.3%
2011 1,664+4.9%
2016 1,587−4.6%
2021 1,668+5.1%
Source: Statistics Canada [10] [11]

Language

Shawville is a majority anglophone (with over 85 percent of its residents listing English as their first language in the 2021 Canadian census) [3] and Protestant (75%) community. This is unusual in Quebec, a province that is majority French-speaking and Roman Catholic.

Mother tongue language (2021) [3]
LanguagePopulationPct (%)
English1,29082.7%
French20012.8%
English and French503.2%
Other languages201.3%

Culture

The town is characterized by its red-brick buildings. Unlike most municipalities in Quebec, it has no Catholic church. Shawville is home to an elementary school, a high school, a regional hospital, and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) national head office. Its businesses are mostly small and family-run.

The Shawville Fair, held the first weekend in September, is the town's major event. It has run every year since 1856 and includes typical county fair features such as livestock shows, auctions, truck pulls, demolition derbies, art/craft/hobby shows, diverse food stands and a midway. In recent years, it has drawn headline entertainers such as Terri Clark, Stompin' Tom Connors, Paul Brandt, April Wine, Dean Brody and Corb Lund, with total attendance reaching around 50,000. It did not run for the first time in its history in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sports

Shawville is represented in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League by the Shawville Pontiacs.

Local government

Townhall of Shawville Shawville (Quebec)-Hotel-de-ville-rue Main (coin route 303)-2022-08-13.jpg
Townhall of Shawville

List of former mayors:

Notable people

Famous people from Shawville include the former general manager of the Ottawa Senators, Bryan Murray, Terry Murray (current assistant coach of the Buffalo Sabres and former coach of the L.A. Kings), Tim Murray (former general manager of the Buffalo Sabres), NHL legend Frank "The Shawville Express" Finnigan [12] and race horse owner and lawyer Clay Horner. Former NHL referee Blaine Angus also comes from the area.

Ray Harris, a prominent singer-songwriter in the Ottawa area, was raised in Shawville and later wrote the song Shawville Girl. [13] Robert Taylor Telford, who founded the Alberta city Leduc in 1891, was born in Shawville in 1860.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Shawville (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  2. 1 2 "Shawville". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Shawville, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "'Shawville posse' language incident goes to court". CBC.ca . 19 December 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ↑ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  7. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  8. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census . Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  11. ↑ "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada: 76, 139. July 1973.
  12. ↑ Finnigan 1992, p. 7.
  13. ↑ Harris, Ray. "Shawville Girl". Bandcamp. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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