Parent, Quebec
title: "Parent, Quebec" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communities-in-mauricie", "former-municipalities-in-quebec", "la-tuque,-quebec", "populated-places-disestablished-in-2003"] topic_path: "general/communities-in-mauricie" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent,_Quebec" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Parent |
| settlement_type | Former village |
| native_name | |
| image_skyline | VuePartielleParent.JPG |
| pushpin_map | Quebec South |
| push pin_label_position | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Quebec |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Mauricie |
| subdivision_type3 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name3 | La Tuque |
| leader_name | |
| leader_title2 | MP |
| leader_title3 | MNA |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | 1910 |
| unit_pref | |
| area_total_km2 | 41 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 455 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | 1400 |
| elevation_m | 434 |
| postal_code | G0X 3P0 |
| area_code | (819) 667 |
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Parent is a community in northern Quebec, Canada, located within the city of La Tuque and about 150 km north-west of La Tuque's town centre. In 2021, it had a population of 455.
During the summer, it becomes the supply point for several dozen outfitters, and in the winter it is a major centre for the snowmobile industry. The Arbec sawmill, with 150 workers, is the main employer of the region. The Bazin River that flows through town is popular for 5- to 7-day canoe trips that end at the Gatineau River.
History
Parent was founded in 1910 when the National Transcontinental Railway was built through the area. It was named after Simon-Napoléon Parent, Québec Premier from 1900 to 1905 and Chairman of the Board of Transcontinental Railway from 1905 to 1911. In 1913, the Parish of Saint-Thomas was formed and two years later in 1915, the Parent Post Office opened.
In 1947, the Village Municipality of Parent was established. The town was the site of a Pinetree Line radar site (RCAF Station Parent) from 1954 to 1963.
On March 26, 2003, Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality was dissolved and all its municipalities and unorganized territories, including Parent, were amalgamated into the new city of La Tuque.
References
References
- Statistics Canada 2021 Census - [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/search-recherche/productresults-resultatsproduits-eng.cfm?Lang=E&GEOCODE=2021S051224900061]
- "Parent (Municipalité de village)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
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