Sainte-Catherine, Quebec

Sainte-Catherine (Template:IPA) 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.

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.

Demographics

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Census		Total		Template:Center				Template:Center				Template:Center				Template:Center
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
Template:Center		Template:Center		14,010	Template:Decrease 6.3%	82.6%		740	Template:Increase 17.5%	4.4%		240	Template:Increase 54.8%	1.4%		1,695	Template:Increase 54.1%	10.0%
Template:Center		Template:Center		14,950	Template:Decrease 0.6%	88.04%		630	Template:Decrease 0.06%	3.71%		155	Template:Increase 10%	0.91%		1,100	Template:Increase 34.96%	6.47%
Template:Center		Template:Center		15,040	Template:Increase 0.8%	90.22%		675	Template:Increase 39.2%	4.05%		140	Template:Increase 40.0%	0.84%		815	Template:Increase 61.4%	4.89%
Template:Center		Template:Center		14,915	Template:Increase 1.4%	93.19%		485	Template:Decrease 28.7%	3.03%		100	Template:Decrease 4.8%	0.62%		505	Template:Increase 11.0%	3.16%
Template:Center		Template:Center		14,705	Template:Increase 14.0%	92.22%		680	Template:Increase 41.7%	4.26%		105	Template:Steady 0.0%	0.66%		455	Template:Increase 97.8%	2.85%
Template:Center		Template:Center		12,895	n/a	94.06%		480	n/a	3.50%		105	n/a	0.76%		230	n/a	1.68%

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.

Notable people

• Guillaume Latendresse, NHL player
• Pierre Carl Ouellet, professional wrestler
• Karine Sergerie, women's taekwondo champion, Olympian

See also

• Saint-Regis River
• List of cities in Quebec