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{{see also|La Joliette}}
{{About|the city in Quebec, Canada}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Joliette
| official_name            = {{lang|fr-CA|Ville de Joliette}}
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| other_name               = 
| settlement_type          = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
| image_skyline            = Joliette, Quebec.png
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| image_caption            = Joliette in 2025
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| image_shield             = Armories de la ville de Joliette.png
| shield_size              = 120x90px
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| image_map                = Joliette Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption              = Location within Joliette RCM
| pushpin_map              = Canada Central Quebec
| pushpin_label_position   = left
| pushpin_label            = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in central Quebec.
| coordinates              = {{coord|46|01|N|73|27|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
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| coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Lanaudière]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Joliette Regional County Municipality|Joliette]]
| subdivision_type4        = 
| subdivision_name4        = 
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = 
| established_title1       = Constituted
| established_date1        = {{Start date and age|November 12, 1966}}
| established_title2       = 
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| established_title3       = 
| established_date3        = 
| government_footnotes     = <ref name=mamrot>{{cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/61025/ |title=Joliette |work=Répertoire des municipalités |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire |language=fr |access-date=2011-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607213917/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/61025/ |archive-date=2012-06-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Pierre-Luc Bellerose
| leader_title1            = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1             = [[Joliette (federal electoral district)|Joliette]]
| leader_title2            = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2             = [[Joliette (provincial electoral district)|Joliette]]
| leader_title3            = 
| leader_name3             = 
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="cp2021">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Joliette&DGUIDlist=2021S0504456&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |title=Joliette census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census data]] |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=2022-04-05}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 23.60
| area_land_km2            = 22.96
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_water_percent       = 
| area_urban_km2           = 39.03
| area_metro_km2           = 108.66
| elevation_footnotes      = <!--for references: use <ref> tags-->
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| population_footnotes     = <ref name=cp2021/>
| population_total         = 21384
| population_as_of         = 2021
| population_density_km2   = 891.8
| population_urban         = 49246
| population_density_urban_km2 = 1261.7
| population_metro_footnotes =
| population_metro         = 52706
| population_density_metro_km2 = 485.0
| population_blank1_title  = Pop&nbsp;<small>2016-2021</small>
| population_blank1        = {{increase}} 6.6%
| population_blank2_title  = Dwellings
| population_blank2        = 10285
| population_demonym       = Joliettain, Joliettaine
| population_note          = 
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset               = −5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = −4
| postal_code_type         = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
| postal_code              = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J6E]]
| area_codes                = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
| blank_name               = Highways <br />{{jct|state=QC|A|31}}
| blank_info               = <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|131}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|158}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|343}}
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.joliette.ca/}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
 
'''Joliette''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɔljɛt|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-Joliette.wav}}) is a [[city]] in southwest [[Quebec]], Canada. It is approximately {{convert|50|km}} northeast of [[Montreal]], on the [[L'Assomption River]] and is the seat of the [[Joliette Regional County Municipality|Regional County Municipality of Joliette]]. It is considered to be a part of the [[North Shore (Montreal)|North Shore]] of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.

Joliette has 3 [[Francophone]] high schools and 1 [[Anglophone]] high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the [[Cégep régional de Lanaudière]].<ref>http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/?page=schools/joliette-high</ref>

It was founded as L'Industrie by the businessman [[Barthélemy Joliette]] in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863, when it changed its name to Joliette.

The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors.  The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.

Joliette is the seat of the [[Judicial districts of Quebec|judicial district]] of Joliette.<ref name="Territorial Division Act">[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM ''Territorial Division Act'']. ''Revised Statutes of Quebec'' D-11.</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Joliette had a population of {{val|21384|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|10568|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|11153|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:21384-20484}}|20484|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|20484|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|22.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|21384|22.96|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>

7.1% of residents were visible minorities, 2.4% were Indigenous, and the remaining 90.5% were white/European. The largest visible minority groups were Black (3.1%), Latin American (1.7%) and Arab (1.3%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 - Joliette, Ville |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=joliette&DGUIDlist=2021A00052461025&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Statistics Canada| date=9 February 2022 }}</ref>

[[French language|French]] was the mother tongue of 92.3% of residents. Other common first languages were [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (1.2%), [[English language|English]] (1.1%), [[Arabic]] (0.8%) and [[Atikamekw language|Atikamekw]] (0.5%). 1.0% claimed both French and English as mother tongues, and 0.9% listed both French and a non-official language.

65.6% of residents were Christian, down from 85.4% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2461025&Data=Count&SearchText=joliette&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |website=Statistics Canada| date=8 May 2013 }}</ref> 58.2% were [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 4.7% were Christian n.o.s, 0.7% and were [[Protestantism|Protestants]]. All other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions made up 1.9% of the population. 31.3% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 11.8% in 2011. The only named non-Christians religions with a significant following in Joliette were [[Islam]] (2.4%) and [[Buddhism]] (0.3%). All other religions and spiritual traditions made up 0.5% of the population.

== Government and infrastructure ==
[[File:Joliette, Quebec.jpg|thumb]]
Joliette is the seat of the [[Judicial districts of Quebec|judicial district]] of Joliette.<ref name="Territorial Division Act"/>

[[Joliette Institution for Women]], a prison of the [[Correctional Service of Canada]], is in this town.

==Economy==
The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors.  The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.
 
In the center of the city is Galeries Joliette, which has nearly 100 retailers as well as a 5-storey office building.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://beauwardimmobilier.com/en/our-properties/galeries-joliette/ | title=Galeries Joliette }}</ref>

== Local institutions ==
Post-secondary:
* {{Interlanguage link|Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette|fr}} - Collège Constituent de Joliette

[[Commission scolaire des Samares]] operates Francophone public schools;
* [[École secondaire Thérèse-Martin]]
* [[École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette]]
* École Primaire Les Mélèzes
* École Primaire Saint-Pierre (Marie-Charlotte)

Anglophone schools are operated by the [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]:
* Joliette Elementary School in [[Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec|Saint-Charles-Borromée]]<ref>"[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917092831/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf |date=2017-09-17 }}." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.</ref>
* [[Joliette High School]]<ref>"[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/181%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE%20HS%20-%20SEC%201-5.pdf Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904160134/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/181%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE%20HS%20-%20SEC%201-5.pdf |date=2017-09-04 }}." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.</ref>

Private schools:
* {{ill|Académie Antoine-Manseau|fr}} (francophone)

== Diocese ==
[[File:QC Joliette1 tango7174.jpg|thumb|Saint-Charles-Borromée cathedral]]

* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette|Diocese of Joliette]]
* [[St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral, Joliette|St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral]]

==Notable people==
* [[Francine Racette]] - actress
* [[Charles Richard-Hamelin]] - concert pianist
* [[Paul Tellier]] - businessman and public servant
* [[Marie-Hélène Turcotte]] - animated film director and artist

==See also==
*[[List of cities in Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |125035}}</ref>
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Joliette, Quebec}}
*[https://www.joliette.ca/ Ville de Joliette]
*[http://www.diocesedejoliette.org/ Diocèse de Joliette]
*{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|djolq|Diocese of Joliette}}
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{{Geographic location
 | title = '''Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions'''
 | Centre    = Joliette
 | North     = [[Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Quebec|Notre-Dame-des-Prairies]]
 | Northeast = 
 | East      = [[Saint-Thomas, Quebec|Saint-Thomas]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South     = [[Saint-Paul, Quebec|Saint-Paul]]
 | Southwest = 
 | West      = [[Saint-Pierre, Quebec|Saint-Pierre]]
 | Northwest = [[Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec|Saint-Charles-Borromée]]
 | image =
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{{Joliette RCM|state=expanded}}

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