Joliette
—  City  —
Ville de Joliette
Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral
Joliette Location in Quebec, Canada
Coordinates: 46°1′15″N 73°26′38″W / 46.02083°N 73.44389°W / 46.02083; -73.44389
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
Regional County	Joliette
Government
- Type	Ville
- Mayor	René Laurin 2005 - 2009
- Federal riding	Joliette
- Prov. riding	Joliette
Area
- Total	22.81 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	19,045
- Density	835/km2 (2,162.6/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	450
People	Joliettain, Joliettaine
Website	www.ville.joliette.qc.ca

Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 km northeast of Montreal, on the Rivière l'Assomption and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.

Joliette has 3 francophone high schools and 1 anglophone high school as well as a francophone CEGEP.

It was founded as L'Industrie by businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863.

The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.

Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.

Local institutions

Education

• Le collège constituant de Joliette partie intégrante du Cégep régional de Lanaudière
• École secondaire Thérèse-Martin
• École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette
• Joliette High School
• Académie Antoine-Manseau
• École Primaire Les Mélèzes
• École Primaire Saint-Pierre (Marie-Charlotte)
• Maternelle Wilfred Gervais

Diocese

• Diocèse de Joliette
• Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Joliette

	Saint-Charles-Borromée	Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
	Saint-Pierre		Saint-Thomas
		Joliette
		Saint-Paul

1. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.

Coordinates: 46°1′15.5″N 73°26′38″W / 46.020972°N 73.44389°W / 46.020972; -73.44389

Administrative divisions of Lanaudière  (Region 14) Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories D'Autray · L'Assomption · Joliette · Matawinie · Montcalm · Les Moulins Municipalities Lavaltrie · Berthierville · Saint-Gabriel · Charlemagne · Repentigny · L'Assomption · L'Épiphanie (V) · Joliette · Notre-Dame-des-Prairies · Saint-Charles-Borromée · Saint-Félix-de-Valois · Rawdon · Chertsey · Saint-Lin-Laurentides · Saint-Calixte · Sainte-Julienne · Terrebonne · Mascouche Administrative divisions of Quebec