Prévost
City, 14,286 residents (2026)45° 52′ N, 74° 05′ WName of French origin
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Around Prévost
In the municipality, within 5 km
- Centre de ski de fond Gai-Luron2.8 km
- Sommet Saint-Sauveur - Versant Avila4.3 km
- Glissades sur tube du Sommet Saint-Sauveur4.5 km
- Parc de vélo Sommet Saint-Sauveur4.5 km
- Club de golf Saint-Jérôme300 m
- Le P'tit Train du Nord900 m
- Réserve naturelle Alfred-Kelly1 km
- Les Glissades du Domaine des Pays d'en Haut3.7 km
- La Cabane Arthur Raymond3.8 km
- La route bleue - Rivière du Nord - Prévost2.7 km
Villages and areas: Shawbridge (600 m), Lesage (1.3 km), Terrasse-des-Pins (1.3 km), Mont-Sainte-Anne (2.7 km), Domaine-des-Patriarches (2.7 km), Lac-Saint-Amour (3.5 km), Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (3.5 km), Domaine-Parent (3.6 km)
5 km to 10 km
Villages and areas: Domaine-Laurentien (5.2 km), Piedmont (5.2 km), Lac-Johanne (5.4 km), Weisbord Acres (5.7 km), Lac-Filion (6.2 km), Saint-Sauveur (6.3 km), Lac-Fournelle (6.4 km), Lac-Bertrand (7.4 km)
10 km to 20 km
- Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault12 km
- Le Bistro d'en haut10 km
- Parc du Mont Loup-Garou11 km
- Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides12 km
- Centre d'amusement Mégamaze (St-Jérôme)12 km
- Au pays des Merveilles14 km
- Amerispa Spa Nordique Morin-Heights14 km
- Acro-Nature du Sommet Morin Heights15 km
- Camping et Cabines Sommet Morin Heights15 km
- Théâtre du Marais de Val-Morin18 km
Upcoming events
We don't have an events calendar for Prévost yet. Festivals, markets and shows will be added here. In the meantime, see the website of the municipality.
History and growth
- 1909Founded (date according to Wikidata)
- January 20, 1973Incorporation as ville
- August 17, 19782 former names registered on the same day with the Commission de toponymie: Lesage, Shawbridge. These are mostly the names of the former municipalities, parishes and villages merged into Prévost, not successive name changes.
- February 22, 1986Annexation of part of: Saint-Hippolyte (3 residents)
- July 3, 2000Annexation of part of of 1 municipality
- January 1, 2006Annexation of part of: Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (3 residents)
- January 1, 2006Part of the territory ceded to: Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (5 residents)
Photos and stories about Prévost
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Sources
- Commission de toponymie du Québec (CC BY 4.0). Commission de toponymie du Québec, via Données Québec, CC BY 4.0.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Données GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). © les contributeurs d'OpenStreetMap, ODbL.
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (MAMH) (CC BY 4.0). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation, via Données Québec.
- Statistique Canada (Licence du gouvernement ouvert – Canada). Contient des données de Statistique Canada.
- Système d'information touristique Québec (ministère du Tourisme) (CC BY 4.0). Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, SIT Québec, via Données Québec, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Données Wikidata (CC0).