Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

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Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

Ville de Sainte-Catherine
—  Town  —
Location within Roussillon Regional County Municipality.
Coordinates (5465 boulevard Marie-Victorin ): 45°24′20″N 73°34′19″W / 45.40556°N 73.57194°W / 45.40556; -73.57194
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Roussillon
Established October 30, 1937
Incorporated August 04, 1973
Electoral Districts
Federal
Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
Provincial La Prairie
Government
 - Mayor Jocelyne Bates
 - Federal MP(s) Carole Freeman (BQ)
 - Quebec MNA(s) François Rebello (PQ)
Area
 - Land 9.50 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 16,211
 - Density 1,706.1/km2 (4,418.8/sq mi)
 - Change (2001-06) increase1.6%
 - Dwellings 6,170
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code(s) J5C
Area code(s) 450
Access Routes
A-30
Route 132
Website www.ville.sainte-catherine.qc.ca

Sainte-Catherine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 16,211.

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History

The land had been occupied for more than three centuries, since the establishment of the Iroquois mission in 1676, it is only in 1937 that the founding of la paroisse de Sainte-Catherine de Laprairie really marks a territorial organization. In 1973, a demographic boom finally granted the status of town to the village. In 2006, according to the city's official site, there were 17,000 inhabitants in Sainte-Catherine.

The inauguration of the H.-Mercier bridge, in 1934, and then of the Champlain bridge, in 1962, greatly boosted the local economy.

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census Population Change (%)
2006 16,211 increase1.6%
2001 15,953 increase16.2%
1996 13,724 increase40.0%
1991 9,805 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 14,915 93.19%
English only 485 3.03%
Both English and French 100 0.62%
Other languages 505 3.16%

Famous natives

  • Guillaume Latendresse, NHL player
  • Karine Sergerie, women's taekwondo champion, Olympian

See also

  • List of municipalities in Quebec

  1. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions: Sainte-Catherine
  2. ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: CHÂTEAUGUAY--SAINT-CONSTANT, Quebec
  3. ^ Chief Electoral Officer of Québec - 40th General Election Results: LA PRAIRIE
  4. ^ a b c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
  5. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  6. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census


Saint Lawrence River
Kahnawake Delson
   Sainte-Catherine    
Saint-Constant


Quebec Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories

Brome-Missisquoi · La Haute-Yamaska · Acton · Pierre-De Saurel · Les Maskoutains · Rouville · Le Haut-Richelieu · La Vallée-du-Richelieu · Longueuil · Lajemmerais · Roussillon · Les Jardins-de-Napierville · Le Haut-Saint-Laurent · Beauharnois-Salaberry · Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Municipalities
Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 45°24′N 73°35′W / 45.4°N 73.583°W / 45.4; -73.583

Municipalities of the MMC/Montreal CMA
Urban agglomeration of Montreal • Urban agglomeration of Longueuil • Laval
North Shore
Blainville • Bois-des-Filion • Boisbriand • Charlemagne • Deux-Montagnes • Gore¹ • Kanesatake¹ • L'Assomption • L'Épiphanie (P)¹ • L'Épiphanie (V)¹ • Lavaltrie¹ • Lorraine • Mascouche • Mirabel • Oka • Pointe-Calumet • Repentigny • Rosemère • Saint-Colomban¹ • Saint-Eustache • Saint-Placide¹ • Saint-Joseph-du-Lac • Saint-Sulpice • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines • Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Thérèse • Terrebonne
South Shore
Beauharnois² • Beloeil² • Calixa-Lavallée² • Candiac • Carignan • Chambly • Châteauguay² • Contrecoeur² • Coteau-du-Lac¹ • Delson • Hudson • Kahnawake¹ • L'Île-Cadieux • L'Île-Perrot • La Prairie • Léry² • Les Cèdres • Les Coteaux¹ • McMasterville² • Mercier² • Mont-Saint-Hilaire² • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot • Otterburn Park² • Pincourt • Pointe-des-Cascades • Richelieu • Saint-Amable • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • Saint-Constant • Saint-Isidore • Saint-Jean-Baptiste² • Saint-Lazare • Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu • Saint-Mathieu • Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil • Saint-Philippe • Saint-Zotique¹ • Sainte-Catherine • Sainte-Julie • Terrasse-Vaudreuil • Varennes² • Vaudreuil-Dorion • Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac • Verchères
¹Does not belong to the CMM — ²Does not belong to the Montreal CMA
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