Culture
Soirée d'humour avec Korine Côté
ChénévilleOctober 17, 2026Korine Côté plays Chénéville, with Dave Morgan and Rolly Assal opening. Tickets are sold at the town office. Buy a full table of eight and…
Town · MRC de Papineau
Chénéville
Where the north end of La Petite-Nation does its errands.
- Population
- 959 (2026)
- Area
- 66.42 km²
- Founded
- Fusion de Chénéville et Vinoy en 1996; nom de Chénéville au bureau de poste depuis 1884
- Town hall
- 63, rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, Chénéville (Québec) J0V 1E0 · 819 428-3583
If you have a cottage up north in La Petite-Nation, you've been on Chénéville's rue Principale, probably this week. Routes 321 and 315 cross here and everyone from the surrounding lakes ends up passing through for groceries, hardware, the caisse, the pharmacy, the bakery and the butcher. You can do it all on foot, which is rare this far north.
The name comes from Pierre Hercule Chéné, a merchant who opened Hartwell's first post office in 1864. Chénéville and Vinoy merged in 1996. There are four named lakes in town: Dumouchel, Georges, Lafontaine and Noël.
In summer the population jumps with the Lac Simon cottagers and the main street feels it right away. Useful to know: Chénéville has tourist-zone status, so shops can open on statutory holidays.
Good to know
- Town hall: 63, rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.
- Crossroads of Routes 321 and 315.
- Services: Adrien-Guillaume elementary school (French), grocery, hardware store, Caisse Desjardins, restaurants.
- Coopérative de santé du Nord de la Petite-Nation: 1,000+ members, blood tests, doctors and other health professionals.
- Outdoor rink, renovated playground, tennis court lined for pickleball.
- Lakes Dumouchel, Georges, Lafontaine and Noël.
Events in Chénéville
Holiday
Halloween in Chénéville village
ChénévilleOctober 31, 2026Shops, groups and residents hand out candy on the church grounds and along rue Principale. Costume up and walk the village.
Market
Chénéville Christmas Market
ChénévilleDecember 5, 2026More than 40 vendors, a singer, a photographer and a Grinch to make the kids laugh.
Music series
Relax Thursdays
ChénévilleThursday evenings, late July and early AugustFree music nights on the church grounds with a bar on site: country, Latin and percussion, duos. Rain moves it to the Danny-Legault room…
Holiday
Saint-Jean in Chénéville
ChénévilleJune 23 or 24 · 2027 dates to be announcedChénéville's Saint-Jean party in the village. The lineup is posted each year on the Facebook event.
Market
Chénéville Fall Market
ChénévilleLate September, a Saturday · 2027 dates to be announcedLocal products, crafts, music and face painting to welcome fall.
Places in Chénéville
Restaurants & cafés 5
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Bistro Bar 321
The local bar, fully renovated with a big patio, food, live shows and dance nights.
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Cantine-Bar Le P'tit Chéné
Opened in 2026 with poutine, pizza, a bar and a patio. The motto says it all: eat well, drink well, good company.
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Chez Seb
Sébastien and Simon change the menu with the seasons, using local products, and take their cocktails seriously. The most ambitious table in the…
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Fabrik Café et Boutique Fabrik Artisanale
Coffee, hot chocolate, a reading nook and board games, in the same house as the Fabrik craft shop.
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Restaurant-Bar La Villa du Bifteck
Family restaurant for seafood, steak, BBQ chicken, pizza and subs, with a 40-seat patio and craft beer. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Groceries, bakeries & butchers 4
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Boucherie Les Produits David
Meat cut to order, tourtières, pâtés, cipaille and sugar pie. Cottagers stop here on their way up to the lake.
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Boulangerie Nouvelle-France
The grey wooden house with the porch reopened on April 17, 2026 under new owners. Croissants, chocolatines, fougasse and all kinds of bread.
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Marché Metro Chénéville
The supermarket for the Chénéville–Lac-Simon area, where every cottager stops on Friday night.
Farms, sugar shacks & drinks 1
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Les Pommes perdues
Cider made from wild apples picked along back roads and in abandoned fields around the Petite-Nation.
Where to stay 3
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Camping Haut-des-Côtes
127 sites on 98 acres with its own lake, and the ATV trails start right from the campground.
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Chalet de luxe Hideaway
Upscale cottage on chemin de la Rivière, listed in the town directory.
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Domaine Rivière la Petite Nation
Lodging on chemin de la Rivière, along the Petite Nation River.
Outdoors 2
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Association des motoneigistes de la Vallée de la Nation
The volunteers who've kept up 130 km of trail since 1975, from Montebello to north of Duhamel. Riders coming from Ontario cross the Ottawa River on…
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Sentiers Allons au bois (montagne Roy)
Three kilometres behind Robert-Latour park, up to a lookout over the village. The view is best in November once the leaves are down. In winter…
Culture & heritage 3
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Bibliothèque Albert-Ferland (Chénéville/Lac-Simon)
Library shared by Chénéville and Lac-Simon, next to the town hall. Adult book club and story time.
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Chénéville / Lac-Simon Library
The shared Chénéville and Lac-Simon library, wheelchair accessible, with a book drop outside Centre St-Félix-de-Valois.
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Hercule Chéné Heritage Trail
Chénéville's heritage trail, named for Pierre Hercule Chéné, who opened the first post office in 1864. The brochure is online.
Shops & makers 9
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Boutique Ani-Miam
Pet food and supplies in the village. Cottagers who show up with the dog mention it in their reviews.
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Domaine de la Campagne
Seasonal liquidation store, open mostly Thursday to Saturday, with stock that keeps changing.
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Galerie la Biquetterie – Coco, The British Girl
Colette Duhaime's gallery. She spent close to 40 years as an arts reporter and now paints as Coco, The British Girl.
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Groupe Yves Gagnon – La Grande Quincaillerie
Hardware and building supplies. Anyone renovating a cottage on Lac Simon knows the aisles by heart.
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Station M. Lalonde
A shop on rue Principale in Chénéville, on the official licence-vendor list. The closest one if you're heading up to Lac Simon.
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Un trésor de friperie
Thrift shop tied to the parish bazaar. Bargains, and the money stays in the community.
Services 16
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Caisse Desjardins de la Petite-Nation et du Lièvre, centre de services Chénéville
Chénéville service centre on rue Principale. The caisse's head office is in Buckingham.
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Centre nautique Lac Simon
Lac Simon marina with docking, fuel, and rentals of pontoons, motor boats, fishing boats, kayaks and pedal boats.
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Coiffure Brigitte (Salon Micheline)
Highly rated hair salon. The town directory calls it Coiffure Brigitte; on Google it shows up as Salon Micheline.
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École Adrien-Guillaume
Chénéville's elementary school, which also takes kids from the surrounding villages.
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Municipalité de Chénéville
Town hall in the middle of the village. The library it shares with Lac-Simon is right next door.
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Transmission Chénéville
Repairs, tires and rustproofing. Every fall they post a reminder on Facebook that it's rustproofing time.
Health & wellness 5
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Centre védique Birla
Wellness centre on 500 acres offering massage, retreats, Vedic astrology, palmistry and yoga.
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Coopérative de santé du Nord de la Petite-Nation
Health co-op serving the northern Petite-Nation.
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Community · Chénéville
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 205 (Petite-Nation)
The Petite-Nation branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, listed in Chénéville's directory of local groups. Their Facebook group has news and events.
Volunteering & mutual aid · Chénéville
Knights of Columbus Council 3112
Knights of Columbus Council 3112, based in Chénéville. Fundraisers, parish volunteering and community support.
Community · Chénéville
AFEAS Chénéville (women's association)
Local chapter of AFEAS, a Quebec women's association for education and social action, listed in Chénéville's directory.
Community · Chénéville
Chénéville Women's Circle (Cercle des Fermières)
Chénéville's Cercle de Fermières, the Quebec women's craft circle: weaving, knitting, sewing and a good dose of mutual help.
Faith communities · Chénéville
Saint-Félix-de-Valois Parish
Chénéville's Catholic parish. Since the Saint-Émile parish closed in 2023, it also serves Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk and Namur for baptisms, weddings and funerals.
Sports & recreation · Chénéville
Vallée de la Nation Snowmobilers' Association
Snowmobile club 771 (Region 13), with an address on rue Albert-Ferland in Chénéville. Buy your FCMQ trail pass through the club and the money stays in local trail upkeep.
Sports & recreation · Chénéville
Chénéville Sports and Recreation Committee
The volunteer committee behind sports and recreation in Chénéville. On weekdays the Centre St-Félix-de-Valois gym hosts badminton (Mon, Wed) and pickleball (Tue, Thu).
Badminton Mon and Wed, pickleball Tue and Thu, 1 to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m., Centre St-Félix-de-Valois gym
Seniors · Chénéville
FADOQ Chéné d'Or Club
Chénéville's FADOQ seniors' club (K034), with weekly activities and outings for the 50-plus crowd.
Health & support · Chénéville
Friends of Mutual Aid, North Petite-Nation
Mutual-aid non-profit for the northern Petite-Nation, listed in Chénéville's directory of local groups.
Magazine
Our perfect summer day in La Petite-Nation, from market to beach
Ripon's Saturday market, a Chénéville picnic, a lifeguarded beach on Lac Simon, mini-golf, the lookout at golden hour and soft serve to finish the day.
25 things to do in La Petite-Nation this fall
A Notre-Dame de Paris organist in Montebello, a square dance in Saint-Sixte, punk in Ripon and a hundred watercolours on Thanksgiving. Our list for October and November.
Winter in La Petite-Nation, from cross-country skis to snowmobiles
Free ski trails behind the high school, 40 km groomed by volunteers for $15, hundreds of kilometres of snowmobile and ATV trail. Your winter guide, club by club.
Nearby: Lac-Simon · Montpellier · Namur · Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix · Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk