Shawinigan
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![Shawinigan City Hall](/Images/godic/202502/10/Hôtel_de_ville_de_Shawinigan2809.JPG")
![Industrial prosperity fostered the mergence of new districts over the decades that followed the foundation of Shawinigan Falls.](/Images/godic/202502/10/Shawinigan_Neighborhoods2809.PNG")
Shawinigan is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 50,060 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-Maurice.