Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
| Sainte-Catherine | |
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| City | |
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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°WCoordinates: 45°24′N 73°35′W / 45.400°N 73.583°W[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 sainte-catherine |
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
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Language
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
16,670 |
15,040 | 0.8% |
90.22% | 675 | 39.2% |
4.05% | 140 | 40.0% |
0.84% | 815 | 61.4% |
4.89% | |||||
| 2006 |
16,005 |
14,915 | 1.4% |
93.19% | 485 |  28.7% |
3.03% | 100 | 4.8% |
0.62% | 505 | 11.0% |
3.16% | |||||
| 2001 |
15,945 |
14,705 | 14.0% |
92.22% | 680 | 41.7% |
4.26% | 105 |  0.0% |
0.66% | 455 | 97.8% |
2.85% | |||||
| 1996 |
13,710 |
12,895 | n/a | 94.06% | 480 | n/a | 3.50% | 105 | n/a | 0.76% | 230 | n/a | 1.68% | |||||
Famous natives
- Guillaume Latendresse, NHL player
- Karine Sergerie, women's taekwondo champion, Olympian
See also
- List of cities in Quebec
References
- ↑ Reference number 56073 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sainte-Catherine
- ↑ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: CHÂTEAUGUAY--SAINT-CONSTANT, Quebec
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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