Excised from part of the Cité de Jacques-Cartier's territory on March 11, 1948, Préville existed as a city in its own right until it was absorbed into Saint-Lambert in 1969.

[2] A relationship already existed between the two communities as Saint-Lambert provided fire fighting services for both cities though Préville had its own police.

[3] The city hall of Préville, including the police station, was located at 50 de Bretagne street.

[3] Nothing at all remains of this city hall that has long been razed and whose site is now a park called de Bretagne.

As is it the case with neighbouring Greenfield Park,[5] the portion of Victoria Avenue in Préville was called Devonshire Road until 1968.