Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

Sainte-Catherine
City
Saint Lawrence Seaway at Sainte-Catherine
Location within Roussillon RCM
Sainte-Catherine Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°24′N 73°35′W / 45.400°N 73.583°W / 45.400; -73.583Coordinates: 45°24′N 73°35′W / 45.400°N 73.583°W / 45.400; -73.583[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Roussillon
Constituted	October 30, 1937
Government[2][3]
• Mayor	Jocelyne Bates
• Federal riding	Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
• Prov. riding	Sanguinet
Area[2][4]
• Total	16.00 km2 (6.18 sq mi)
• Land	9.50 km2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
• Total	16,762
• Density	1,764.1/km2 (4,569/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.4%
• Dwellings	6,652
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J5C
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways 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 2011 Census was 16,762.

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:[5] Census Population Change (%) 2011 16,762 3.4% 2006 16,211 1.6% 2001 15,953 16.2% 1996 13,724 40.0% 1991 9,805 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] 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 cities in Quebec

References

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Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

		Saint Lawrence River
	Kahnawake		Delson
	Sainte-Catherine
		Saint-Constant

v t e  Subdivisions of Roussillon Regional County Municipality Cities Candiac Châteauguay Delson La Prairie Léry Mercier Saint-Constant Sainte-Catherine Municipalities Saint-Mathieu Saint-Philippe Parishes Saint-Isidore Regional County Municipalities in Montérégie: Acton Beauharnois-Salaberry Brome-Missisquoi La Haute-Yamaska La Vallée-du-Richelieu Le Haut-Richelieu Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Les Jardins-de-Napierville Les Maskoutains Marguerite-D'Youville Pierre-De Saurel Roussillon Rouville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Urban Agglomerations: Longueuil (TE) Native Reserves: Akwesasne Kahnawake