Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

Sainte-Catherine
City
Saint Lawrence Seaway at Sainte-Catherine Saint Lawrence Seaway at Sainte-Catherine
Location within Roussillon RCM Location within Roussillon RCM
Sainte-Catherine Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Roussillon
Constituted	October 30, 1937
Government
• Mayor	Jocelyne Bates
• Federal riding	La Prairie
• Prov. riding	Sanguinet
Area
• Total	16.00 km2 (6.18 sq mi)
• Land	9.50 km2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• 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

Historical Census Data - Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
Year Pop. ±% 1991 9,805 —     1996 13,724 +40.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 15,953 +16.2% 2006 16,211 +1.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 16,762 +3.4%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Catherine, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
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