Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

Sainte-Catherine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t katʁin] ^ⓘ) 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 2021 Census was 17,347.

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Sainte-Catherine
City
Saint Lawrence Seaway at Sainte-Catherine
Location within Roussillon RCM
Sainte-Catherine Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45.40402°N 73.5704°W / 45.40402; -73.5704^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Roussillon
Constituted	October 30, 1937
Government ^[2]^[3]
• Mayor	Jocelyne Bates
• Federal riding	La Prairie
• Prov. riding	Sanguinet
Area ^[2]^[4]
• Total	16.00 km² (6.18 sq mi)
• Land	9.37 km² (3.62 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[4]
• Total	17,347
• Density	1,851.4/km² (4,795/sq mi)
• Pop 2016–2021	1.8%
• Dwellings	7,016
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J5C
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-30	R-132
Website	www.ville.sainte-catherine.qc.ca

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 Honoré Mercier Bridge in 1934, and then of the Champlain Bridge in 1962, greatly boosted the local economy.

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Demographics

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Historical Census Data – Sainte-Catherine, Quebec^[5]
Year	Pop.	±%
1941	365	—
1951	614	+68.2%
1956	1,487	+142.2%
1961	2,084	+40.1%
1966	2,801	+34.4%
1971	3,934	+40.4%
1976	5,036	+28.0%
1981	6,372	+26.5%
1986	7,020	+10.2%
1991	9,805	+39.7%
1996	13,724	+40.0%
2001	15,953	+16.2%
2006	16,211	+1.6%
2011	16,762	+3.4%
2016	17,047	+1.7%
2021	17,347	+1.8%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Catherine had a population of 17,347 living in 6,909 of its 7,016 total private dwellings, a change of 1.8% from its 2016 population of 17,047. With a land area of 9.37 km² (3.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,851.3/km² (4,794.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

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	2021	2016	2011
Population	17,347 (+1.8% from 2016)	17,047 (+1.7% from 2011)	16,762 (+3.4% from 2006)
Land area	9.37 km² (3.62 sq mi)	9.42 km² (3.64 sq mi)	9.50 km² (3.67 sq mi)
Population density	1,851.4/km² (4,795/sq mi)	1,809.4/km² (4,686/sq mi)	1,764.1/km² (4,569/sq mi)
Median age	43.6 (M: 42, F: 45.2)	41.9 (M: 40.3, F: 43.4)	39.3 (M: 38.1, F: 40.4)
Private dwellings	6,905 (total)	6,845 (total)	6,652 (total)
Median household income	$89,000	$76,090	$68,634

References: 2021^[4] 2016^[7] 2011^[8]

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Canada Census Mother Tongue – Sainte-Catherine, Quebec^[5]
Census	Total	French		English	French & English		Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2021	16,965	14,010	6.3%	82.6%	740	17.5%	4.4%	240	54.8%	1.4%	1,695	54.1%	10.0%
2016	16,980	14,950	0.6%	88.04%	630	0.06%	3.71%	155	10%	0.91%	1,100	34.96%	6.47%
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%

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Economy

In 1934, the inauguration of the Honoré Mercier Bridge, linking Kahnawake, an indigenous territory bordering the west side of the city, and Châteauguay to the south of the island of Montreal, gave a major boost to the economy. Some thirty years later, the opening of the Champlain Bridge also greatly helped the regional economy. The construction of the Côte-Sainte-Catherine lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway, which passes through Sainte-Catherine, in the late 1950s also gave this small municipality a huge boost in terms of socio-economic development. A major commercial zone is also located along Route 132.

Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

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