Baie-de-Shawinigan (Canada 1996 Census population 265) [1] is a small industrial community within the City of Shawinigan in the Canadian province of Quebec. The place is named after its location on a bay of the Saint-Maurice River. For a period of time, it was also known as Belgoville because it faced the paper mill of the Belgo Canadian Pulp Company.[2]
The place was incorporated in 1907 as the Village Municipality of Baie-de-Shawinigan, but merged into the City of Shawinigan in 1998.[2]
It is the birth and childhood place of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and since 1911 is home to Sacré-Cœur Catholic Church (Sacred Heart), which is located at 17, rue de l'Église.
From 1907 to 1998, Baie-de-Shawinigan had its own mayor and its own city council. [3] The mayors were:
| # | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
| 1 | Joseph-Arthur Houle | 1907 | 1911 |
| 2 | Edmond Ménard | 1911 | 1911 |
| 3 | William Dubé | 1911 | 1913 |
| 4 | Émile Julien | 1913 | 1916 |
| 5 | Joseph-Eulage Ménard | 1916 | 1917 |
| 4 | Émile Julien | 1917 | 1919 |
| 6 | Joseph Lajoie | 1919 | 1925 |
| 7 | Émile Matteau | 1925 | 1927 |
| 8 | Alphonse Côté | 1927 | 1929 |
| 6 | Joseph Lajoie | 1929 | 1931 |
| 7 | Émile Matteau | 1931 | 1932 |
| 9 | Arthur Bellemare | 1932 | 1933 |
| 10 | Eddy Boisvert | 1933 | 1941 |
| 11 | Dominique Mercier | 1941 | 1957 |
| 12 | Conrad Lemay | 1957 | 1975 |
| 13 | Victorien Dubé | 1975 | 1998 |