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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
| official_name      = {{lang|fr-CA|Ville de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu}}
| native_name        = 
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
| image_skyline      = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.jpg
| image_caption      = Saint Jean sur Richelieu in 2025
| image_flag         = Flag of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.png
| flag_size          = 125px
| image_seal         = 
| seal_size          = 
| image_shield       = 
| shield_size        = 
| image_blank_emblem = SJSR logo.png
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| blank_emblem_size  = 125x75px
| nickname           = 
| motto = {{force singular}} ''L'industrie, la culture, l'avenir''
| image_map          = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec location diagram.PNG
| map_caption        = Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM
| pushpin_map        = Canada Southern Quebec
| pushpin_label      = St-Jean-{{nowrap|sur-Richelieu}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|19|N|73|16|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/>
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Canada]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Quebec]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Montérégie]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality|Le Haut-Richelieu]]
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1665
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1  = January 24, 2001
| established_title2 = 
| established_date2  = 
| established_title3 = 
| established_date3  = 
| seat_type          = 
| seat               = 
| parts_type         = 
| parts              = 
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/56083/ |title=Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-date=2017-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120021632/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/56083 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20121205202124/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=643 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-JEAN (Quebec)]</ref>
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = [[Éric Latour]]
| leader_title1      = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
| leader_name1       = [[Saint-Jean (federal electoral district)|Saint-Jean]]
| leader_title2      = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
| leader_name2       = [[Iberville (Quebec provincial electoral district)|Iberville]] and [[Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)|Saint-Jean]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca">[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2DJean%2Dsur%2DRichelieu&DGUIDlist=2021A00052456083,2021S05100836&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0], 2021 Census Municipal Data.</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 233.75
| area_land_km2      = 226.93
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_urban_footnotes = <ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2DJean%2Dsur%2DRichelieu&DGUIDlist=2021A00052456083,2021S05100836&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0], 2021 Census Population Centre.</ref>
| area_urban_km2     = 53.80
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="www12.statcan.gc.ca"/>
| population_total   = 97873
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 431.3
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Portrait de la ville|url=https://sjsr.ca/portrait-de-la-ville/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Ville de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
| population_urban   = 88083
| population_density_urban_km2 = 1637.3
| population_blank1_title = 
| population_blank1  = {{increase}} 2.9%
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2  = 44,255
| 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|J0J1R0, J2W, J2X, J2Y, J3A, J3B]]
| area_codes          = [[Area codes 450 and 579|450 and 579]]
| blank1_name        = 
| blank1_info        = 
| website            = {{URL|www.ville.saint-jean-sur-richelieu.qc.ca|www.ville.saint-jean<br/>-sur-richelieu.qc.ca}}
{{URL|www.sjsr.ca|www.sjsr.ca}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ syʁ ʁiʃ(ə)ljø}}) is a city in eastern [[Montérégie]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]], about {{convert|40|km|mi}} southeast of [[Montreal]], roughly halfway between Montreal and the [[Canada–United States border]] with the state of [[Vermont]]. It straddles the west and east banks of the [[Richelieu River]] (which is accompanied by a canal) at the northernmost navigable point of [[Lake Champlain]]. As of December 2019, the population was 98,036. It hosts the annual [[International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]], a [[hot air balloon festival]] which attracts thousands of tourists

==History==
{{See also|21st-century municipal history of Quebec}}

Historically, the city has been an important transportation hub. The [[Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad|first railway line in British North America]] connected it with [[La Prairie, Quebec|La Prairie]] in 1836. It hosts the annual [[International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]], a [[hot air balloon festival]] which attracts thousands of tourists who come to see the hundreds of balloons in the sky each August.

The [[Chambly Canal]] extends {{convert|20|km|mi}} north along the west bank of the river and provides modern freight passage to [[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]] and the [[St. Lawrence River]]. The canal has one [[Lock (water transport)|lock]] near the downtown of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In the winter, the city builds a [[Ice rink|skating rink]] on the canal near the lock. In the summer, the embankment on the east side of the canal has a {{convert|20|km|mi|adj=on}}  [[Segregated cycle facilities|cycling path]].
[[File:Fort Saint-Jean circa 1748.jpg|alt=Plan of Fort Saint-Jean during the year 1750|left|200x200px|Plan of Fort Saint-Jean during the year 1748]]
The French built [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)|Fort Saint-Jean]] in the seventeenth century. Known to early English settlers as '''St. Johns''', it provided an important communication link during the [[Seven Years' War]]. During the [[American Revolutionary War]] control of the town [[Battle of Fort St. Jean|changed hands]] several times as British and American forces moved through the area.

In 2001 the city and several adjoining communities were merged into the new regional county municipality with a population to 79,600. This merger was requested by the five municipalities involved and was not part of the [[Municipal reorganization in Quebec|municipal fusions]] imposed by the Quebec government the following year.
[[File:Operation Lotus St-Jean-sur-Richelieu 2011.jpg|thumb|A [[LAV III]] in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu during the 2011 floods.]]
{{clear|left}}

==Geography==
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu straddles the banks of the Richelieu River. The city is the seat of Le Haut-Richelieu [[regional county municipality]] and of the [[Judicial districts of Quebec|judicial district]] of Iberville.<ref>[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>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| width = auto
| location = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ([[Iberville, Quebec|Iberville]]) 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1956–present)<ref name=extremesmetadata>
{{cite web |url= https://api.weather.gc.ca/collections/ltce-stations/items?f=csv&limit=30000&ELEMENT_NAME_E=TEMPERATURE |title= Technical Information and Metadata |work= Daily climate records (LTCE) |publisher= Environment Canada |access-date= October 15, 2024}}</ref>
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 14.3
| Feb record high C = 16.1
| Mar record high C = 25.4
| Apr record high C = 30.7
| May record high C = 36.1
| Jun record high C = 35.7
| Jul record high C = 35.2
| Aug record high C = 35.6
| Sep record high C = 34.2
| Oct record high C = 29.1
| Nov record high C = 22.3
| Dec record high C = 17.3
| year record high C = 36.1
| Jan high C = -5.0
| Feb high C = -3.0
| Mar high C = 2.6
| Apr high C = 11.3
| May high C = 18.7
| Jun high C = 24.0
| Jul high C = 26.3
| Aug high C = 25.2
| Sep high C = 20.6
| Oct high C = 13.0
| Nov high C = 5.8
| Dec high C = -1.1
| year high C = 11.5
| Jan mean C = -9.7
| Feb mean C = -7.9
| Mar mean C = -2.1
| Apr mean C = 6.2
| May mean C = 13.0
| Jun mean C = 18.5
| Jul mean C = 20.9
| Aug mean C = 19.8
| Sep mean C = 15.3
| Oct mean C = 8.6
| Nov mean C = 2.2
| Dec mean C = -5.1
| year mean C = 6.6
| Jan low C = -14.4
| Feb low C = -12.8
| Mar low C = -6.9
| Apr low C = 1.1
| May low C = 7.2
| Jun low C = 12.9
| Jul low C = 15.5
| Aug low C = 14.3
| Sep low C = 10.0
| Oct low C = 4.1
| Nov low C = -1.5
| Dec low C = -9.1
| year low C = 1.7
| Jan record low C = -39.0
| Feb record low C = -40.0
| Mar record low C = -33.0
| Apr record low C = -14.1
| May record low C = -4.4
| Jun record low C = 1.5
| Jul record low C = 2.5
| Aug record low C = 2.0
| Sep record low C = -4.5
| Oct record low C = -7.1
| Nov record low C = -21.1
| Dec record low C = -32.5
| year record low C = -40.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 81.6
| Feb precipitation mm = 66.3
| Mar precipitation mm = 71.6
| Apr precipitation mm = 90.8
| May precipitation mm = 99.2
| Jun precipitation mm = 97.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 111.3
| Aug precipitation mm = 103.1
| Sep precipitation mm = 95.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 103.6
| Nov precipitation mm = 102.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 88.9
| year precipitation mm = 1111.9
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 34.8
| Feb rain mm = 24.6
| Mar rain mm = 42.7
| Apr rain mm = 82.7
| May rain mm = 99.2
| Jun rain mm = 97.5
| Jul rain mm = 111.3
| Aug rain mm = 103.1
| Sep rain mm = 95.2
| Oct rain mm = 102.3
| Nov rain mm = 91.9
| Dec rain mm = 43.0
| year rain mm = 928.3
| Jan snow cm = 46.8
| Feb snow cm = 41.7
| Mar snow cm = 29.0
| Apr snow cm = 8.4
| May snow cm = 0.0
| Jun snow cm = 0.0
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 0.0
| Sep snow cm = 0.0
| Oct snow cm = 1.3
| Nov snow cm = 10.9
| Dec snow cm = 45.9
| year snow cm = 183.9
| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 13.8
| Feb precipitation days = 11.6
| Mar precipitation days = 11.6
| Apr precipitation days = 12.0
| May precipitation days = 13.9
| Jun precipitation days = 13.0
| Jul precipitation days = 12.8
| Aug precipitation days = 11.7
| Sep precipitation days = 11.4
| Oct precipitation days = 12.3
| Nov precipitation days = 13.7
| Dec precipitation days = 14.0
| year precipitation days = 151.8
| unit rain days = 0.2 mm
| Jan rain days = 4.0
| Feb rain days = 3.8
| Mar rain days = 6.9
| Apr rain days = 11.5
| May rain days = 13.8
| Jun rain days = 13.0
| Jul rain days = 12.8
| Aug rain days = 11.7
| Sep rain days = 11.4
| Oct rain days = 12.2
| Nov rain days = 12.2
| Dec rain days = 6.0
| year rain days = 119.4
| unit snow days = 0.2 cm
| Jan snow days = 10.7
| Feb snow days = 8.7
| Mar snow days = 6.1
| Apr snow days = 1.6
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.03
| Oct snow days = 0.34
| Nov snow days = 3.0
| Dec snow days = 9.2
| year snow days = 39.6
| source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name= CCN >
{{cite web
| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=QC&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5376&dispBack=0
| title = Iberville, Quebec
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = Environment Canada
| access-date = November 17, 2025}}</ref><ref name=extremes>
{{cite web
| url = https://dd.weather.gc.ca/today/climate/ltce/daily/temperature/QC/climate_LTCE_Temperature-Records_QC_VSQC28V.csv
| title = Long Term Climate Extremes for Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Area (Virtual Station ID: VSQC28V)
| work = Daily climate records (LTCE)
| publisher = Environment Canada
| access-date = November 17, 2025}}</ref>
}}

=== Neighbourhoods ===
The city is divided in five sectors which refer to the former municipalities. Each sector contains different neighbourhoods: 
{| class="wikitable"
!Sectors
!'''Saint-Jean'''
!Saint-Luc
!Iberville
!Saint-Athanase
!L'Acadie
|-
| rowspan="8" |Neighbourhoods
|Vieux-Saint-Jean
|Saint-Luc ("le Village")
|Vieux-Iberville
|Les Mille-Roches
|Vieux-L'Acadie (Village)
|-
|Saint-Gérard
|Les Prés-Verts
|Saint-Athanase
|Saint-Athanase-Sud
|Domaine-Deland
|-
|Saint-Edmond
|Talon
|Saint-Noël-Chabanel
|
|La Canadienne
|-
|Saint-Lucien
|L'Île-Sainte-Thérèse
|Sacré-Coeur
|
|Ruisseau-des-Noyers
|-
|Saint-Eugène
|
|
|
|
|-
|Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice
|
|
|
|
|-
|Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes 
|
|
|
|
|-
|Normandie
|
|
|
|
|}

== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title= <small>Historical Census Data - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec</small><ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]],  [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]census</ref>
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 
| 2006 |87492
| 2011 |92394
| 2016 |95,114
| 2021 |97,873
| footnote =
}}}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu had a population of {{val|97873|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|42913|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|44255|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:97873-95114}}|95114|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|95114|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|226.93|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|97873|226.93|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>
{{Canada census
 |location = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
 |2021_population=97,873 | 2021_pop_delta=+2.9  | 2021_land_area=226.93 | 2021_pop_density=431.3
 |2021_median_age=43.6 | 2021_median_age_m=42.4 | 2021_median_age_f=45.2
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=42,910 |2021_mean_hh_income=74,500 |2021_geocode=2021A00052456083 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
 |2016_population=95,115 |2016_pop_delta=+2.9 |2016_land_area=226.63 |2016_pop_density=419.7
 |2016_median_age=41.8 |2016_median_age_m=40.7 |2016_median_age_f=42.9
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=42,036 |2016_mean_hh_income=61,904 |2016_access_date=2024-04-22
 |2011_population=92,394 |2011_pop_delta=+5.6 |2011_land_area=225.78 |2011_pop_density=409.2
 |2011_median_age=41.1 |2011_median_age_m=39.8 |2011_median_age_f=42.3
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=40,411 |2011_mean_hh_income=55,412 |2011_access_date=2014-03-09
 |2006_population=87,492 | 2006_pop_delta=+9.9 | 2006_land_area=225.78 | 2006_pop_density=387.5
 |2006_median_age=40.2 | 2006_median_age_m=39.2 | 2006_median_age_f=41.3
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=37,774 | 2006_mean_hh_income=48,609 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-09
 |2001_population=37,386 | 2001_pop_delta=+2.6 | 2001_land_area=47.06 | 2001_pop_density=794.4
 |2001_median_age=40.6 | 2001_median_age_m=38.2 | 2001_median_age_f=42.6
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=17,961 |2001_mean_hh_income=33,715 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-09
 |notes= Includes adjustment for 2001 merger with Saint-Luc, Iberville, Saint-Athanase and L'Acadie.
}}

The amalgamated municipalities (with 2001 population) were:
* '''Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (37,386)'''
* [[Saint-Luc, Quebec|Saint-Luc]] (20,573)
* [[Iberville, Quebec|Iberville]] (9,424)
* [[Saint-Athanase, Montérégie, Quebec|Saint-Athanase]] (6,691)
* [[L'Acadie, Quebec|L'Acadie]] (5,526)

Despite the fact that nearby Montreal is very racially diverse, in 2021 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu had a very large majority of white residents (~94.4%). 4.1% of residents were visible minorities and 1.5% identified as Indigenous.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Statistics Canada }}</ref> The largest visible minority groups were [[Black Canadians|Black]] (1.4%) and [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] (0.8%).

French was the mother tongue of 92.5% of residents. Other common mother tongues were English (2.5%), Spanish (0.8%), and Arabic (0.5%). 1.4% claimed both French and English as first languages, while 0.4% listed both French and a non-official language.

68.9% of residents were [[Christians|Christian]], down from 88.0% in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=2013-05-08 |title=2011 National Household Survey Profile - Census subdivision |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2456083&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint-Jean-sur-richelieu&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Statistics Canada }}</ref> 62.3% were [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 4.3% were Christian n.o.s and 0.8% were [[Protestantism|Protestant]]. 29.3% of the population was non-religious or secular, up from 11.7% in 2011. All other religions and spiritual traditions accounted for 1.8% of the population. The largest non-Christian religion was [[Islam]] at 1.4%.
{| class="wikitable"
!Ethnic and Cultural origins (2021)<ref name=":0" />
''(Includes multiple responses)''
!Population
!Percent
|-
|[[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]
|37,430
|39.1%
|-
|[[French people|French]] n.o.s
|22,115
|23.1%
|-
|[[Québécois people|Québécois]]
|14,165
|14.8%
|-
|[[French Canadians|French Canadian]]
|8,260
|8.6%
|-
|[[Irish people|Irish]]
|5,165
|5.4%
|-
|[[White people|Caucasian]] (White) n.o.s+
[[European Canadians|European]] n.o.s
|3,460
|3.6%
|-
|[[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] (North American Indian) n.o.s.+
[[Indigenous peoples in Canada|North American Indigenous]], n.o.s.
|2,625
|2.7%
|-
|[[Italian people|Italian]]
|2,115
|2.2%
|-
|[[Scottish people|Scottish]]
|1,715
|1.8%
|-
|[[English people|English]]
|1,525
|1.6%
|-
|[[German people|German]]
|1,250
|1.3%
|-
|[[Christians|Christian]] n.i.e.
|1,135
|1.2%
|-
|[[Acadians|Acadian]]
|1,015
|1.1%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|96,835}}
|
| 89,580
| {{increase}} 1.09%
| 92.5%
|
| 2,385
| {{increase}} 3.02%
| 2.46%
|
| 1,310
| {{increase}} 61.72%
| 1.35%
|
| 3,010
| {{increase}} 52.02%
| 3.1%
|-
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|95,114}}
|
| 88,535
| {{increase}} 2.19%
| 93.08%
|
| 2,315
| {{decrease}} 4.1%
| 2.43%
|
| 810
| {{increase}} 7.28%
| 0.85%
|
| 1,980
| {{increase}} 24.14%
| 2.08%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|91,400}}
|
| 86,635
| {{increase}} 6.4%
| 94.79%
|
| 2,415
| {{increase}} 14.5%
| 2.64%
|
| 755
| {{increase}} 48.0%
| 0.83%
|
| 1,595
| {{decrease}} 20.6%
| 1.74%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|86,075}}
|
| 81,445
| {{increase}} 137.1%
| 94.62%
|
| 2,110
| {{increase}} 68.1%
| 2.45%
|
| 510
| {{increase}} 88.9%
| 0.59%
|
| 2,010
| {{increase}} 131.0%
| 2.34%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|36,745}}
|
| 34,350
| {{increase}} 1.1%
| 93.48%
|
| 1,255
| {{increase}} 16.2%
| 3.42%
|
| 270
| {{increase}} 3.8%
| 0.73%
|
| 870
| {{increase}} 74.0%
| 2.37%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|35,825}}
|
| 33,985
| n/a
| 94.86%
|
| 1,080
| n/a
| 3.01%
|
| 260
| n/a
| 0.73%
|
| 500
| n/a
| 1.40%
|}

==Annual events==
A park hosts the annual [[International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]], a [[hot air balloon festival]] which attracts thousands of tourists.

==Economy==
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is home to the Carrefour Richelieu regional [[shopping mall]] which has 115 stores.<ref name="Westcliff">{{cite web|url=http://www.westcliff.ca/include/centres/car_richelieu_en.php|title=Carrefour Richelieu|year=2007|publisher=The Westcliff Group of Companies|access-date=28 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023201528/http://www.westcliff.ca/include/centres/car_richelieu_en.php|archive-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>{{clarify|home as in headquarters?|date=September 2025}}

Newer retail developments include Faubourg Saint-Jean, home to restaurants, services, stores, and a soon-to-open movie theatre.

The historic downtown area, which borders the [[Richelieu River]] and includes Richelieu and Champlain streets, is home to a variety of locally owned bars, restaurants, and shops.

St-Jean is a manufacturing centre for textiles, wood products, sporting equipment, and metal transformation. It hosts an Area Support Unit (ASU) of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]], which functions as a primary recruit and officer training establishment.

==Infrastructure==
The Ville de [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu public transit]] system provides commuter and local bus services.

According to the 2016 Census, 22,840 residents, or 56.7% of the labour force work within the city. An additional 5,135 (12.7%) commute to [[Montreal]], while 2,305 (5.7%) work in [[Longueuil]], 1,440 (3.6%) work in [[Brossard]], and 965 (2.4%) work in [[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]].

By contrast only 770 people commute from Montreal to work in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu every day, while 795 people commute from [[Longueuil]], 780 commute from [[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]], 510 commute from [[Saint-Alexandre, Quebec|Saint-Alexandre]] and 500 commute from [[Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec|Mont-Saint-Grégoire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=111332&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=125&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=2016 Census|date=29 November 2017}}</ref>

===Transportation===
[[File:Canal de Chambly.jpg|thumb|right|Chambly Canal]]
The city is split in two by Autoroute de la Vallée-des-Forts ([[Quebec Autoroute 35|Autoroute 35]]) which goes north–south by going first through Saint-Luc district, then turns east just south of Pierre-Caisse Boulevard in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu district to cross the Richelieu River and to finally continue its way south through St-Athanase and Iberville districts. The highway continues south for some 24&nbsp;km before ending at Saint-Sébastien, but it is expected to be extended all the way to the [[Canada–United States border|Canada-United States border]] at [[Saint-Armand, Quebec|Saint-Armand]] ([[Highgate Springs, Vermont]]) in the future, and will then continue as [[Interstate 89]] in Vermont.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burks |first=Kiana |date=2023-10-11 |title=Key section of Canadian Autoroute 35 now open |url=https://www.wcax.com/2023/10/11/key-section-canadian-autoroute-35-now-open/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=www.wcax.com |language=en}}</ref>

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu has its own municipal airport, [[Saint-Jean Airport]], and is also close to [[Montréal–Trudeau International Airport]].

The former [[International Railway of Maine]] runs through the town, now the connecting point for the [[Central Maine and Quebec Railway]] with the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. The former [[Saint-Jean-d'Iberville railway station]], which until 1966 served the ''[[Ambassador (B&M train)|Ambassador]]'' to Boston and New York City and the ''[[Montrealer (train)#Previous service|Washingtonian]]'' to Washington, D.C., is now a preserved building.

==Education==
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The [[South Shore Protestant Regional School Board]] previously served the municipality.<ref>King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=863&dat=19651216&id=WM0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wCoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3288,6471414 South Shore Protestant Regional School Board]" (St. Johns, PQ). ''[[The News and Eastern Townships Advocate]]''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from [[Google News]] on November 23, 2014.</ref>

In addition to more than a dozen public elementary and secondary schools, St-Jean is home to two private schools, one English-language school, and two higher education institutions:
* Ecole du quatre vent elementary French school
* École Vision Saint-Jean, a trilingual (French-English-Spanish) primary school
* École Secondaire Marcellin Champagnat, a historically Catholic (now non-religious) high school
* Saint-John's School, the city's only English-language school, which serves students from Kindergarten through high school. Per Quebec law, only children whose parents attended English-language school are allowed to attend English school themselves; French is mandatory for everyone else. 
* [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]] ({{langx|fr|Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean}}) serves as a one-year preparatory program for the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]]. Original founded in 1952, it ceased being a degree granting military college in 1995 due to cuts to military funding. RMCSJ continued to provide non-degree [[College education in Quebec|college]] programs for French-speaking cadets of the Canadian Forces. The Canadian federal government reopened the military college at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in the fall of 2007 to provide the full first year of university, equivalent to the Kingston program, for students with English- or French-language backgrounds alongside the college program.
* CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, part of Quebec's [[CEGEP]] network, offering post-secondary, pre-university programs

==Notable people==
*[[Art Alexandre]], professional [[ice hockey|hockey]] player, left wing for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]])
*[[Edward Antill (soldier)|Edward Antill]], American [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] who participated in the [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|1775 Battle of Quebec]]. Marries a Quebecker, and died there.
*[[:fr:Les Appendices|Les Appendices]], comedy group
*[[:fr:Diane Boudreau|Diane Boudreau]], writer
*[[Alexandre Boulerice]], communication, adviser, community activist, journalist
*[[Gerry Boulet]], rock singer with the [[Offenbach (band)|Offenbach]] band
*[[Isabelle Brasseur]], 1993 World Figure Skating Champion (Pairs), 1992/1994 Olympic bronze medalist
*[[:fr:Éric Bruneau|Éric Bruneau]], actor
*[[David Cadieux]], Canadian champion heavyweight boxer
*[[:fr:Capitaine Révolte|Capitaine Révolte]], music group formed in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 1998
*[[David Choinière]], soccer player
*[[Mathieu Choinière]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 16, 2025 |title=Report: LAFC nearing deal for CanMNT's Choiniere |url=https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/los-angeles-fc-nearing-deal-for-canada-midfielder-mathieu-choiniere-1.2336047 |access-date=August 4, 2025 |work=[[The Sports Network]]}}</ref>
*[[Stéphane Crête]], actor
*[[Jeff Deslauriers]], professional hockey goaltender, former [[Anaheim Ducks]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]])
*[[Denis Gauthier]], former professional hockey defenceman who played for the [[Calgary Flames]], [[Phoenix Coyotes]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]] and [[Los Angeles Kings]] (NHL)
*[[Bernard Geoffrion|Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion]], [[Winger (ice hockey)|right wing]] hockey player, former [[Montreal Canadiens]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]]), considered one of the innovators of the [[slapshot]]
*[[Claude Giroux (wrestler)|Claude Giroux]], wrestler
*[[Hélène Harbec]], Canadian journalist and poet
*[[:fr:Israël Landry|Israël Landry]], teacher, musician, music merchant, editor-in-chief, consul
*[[Rina Lasnier]], [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]], Canadian poet
*[[:fr:Pierre Légaré|Pierre Légaré]], stand-up comic
*[[:fr:Jean Lemieux (écrivain)|Jean Lemieux]], physician, novel and short-story writer
*[[Antoine L'Estage]], Canada's most successful rally driver, 10-time [[Canadian Rally Championship]] winner, North American Rally Cup winner and Rally [[X-Games]] participant
*[[:fr:Didier Lucien|Didier Lucien]], Quebec actor of [[Haiti]]an origin
*[[Félix-Gabriel Marchand]], journalist, author, notary and [[List of premiers of Quebec|11th Premier of Quebec]] (1897–1900)
*[[Joséphine Marchand|Joséphine Marchand-Dandurand]], journalist, writer, and feminist activist
*[[Claudine Mercier]], comedian, singer, actress and impressionist
*[[Jean-François Mercier]], [[comedian]], [[screenwriter]] and [[television host]]
*[[Kevin Owens]], [[professional wrestler]] with [[WWE]]
*[[:fr:Jean-Marc Parent|Jean-Marc Parent]], comedian
*[[:fr:Danny Plourde|Danny Plourde]], poet, novelist and professor
*[[Jean-Francois Quintin]], hockey player, left wing for the [[San Jose Sharks]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]])
*[[Claude Raymond (baseball)|Claude Raymond]] was a major league pitcher and later a sports commentator.
*[[Aurélie Rivard]], paralympic swimmer and multiple medalist
*[[Alain Rochat]], Swiss footballer
*[[Joey Scarpellino]], actor
*Ska/punk/reggae band [[Subb]]
*[[Valérie Tétreault]], tennis player
*[[:fr:Pierre Tougas|Pierre Tougas]], watercolor painter
*[[:fr:Marie Turgeon|Marie Turgeon]], actress
*The Villeneuve family, [[Auto racing|racing]] drivers:
**[[Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[racing driver]], brother of [[Jacques Villeneuve (elder)|Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve]] (born in [[Berthierville]]) and father of [[Jacques Villeneuve]]
**[[Jacques Villeneuve]], [[1995 PPG Indy Car World Series|1995]] [[Champ Car|CART]] Champion, [[1995 Indianapolis 500|1995]] [[Indianapolis 500]] Champion, and [[1997 Formula One Season|1997]] [[Formula One]] World Champion, [[NASCAR]] driver
*[[Mike Ward (comedian)|Mike Ward]], comedian

==See also==
* [[Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality]]
* [[Sainte-Thérèse Island (Richelieu River)|Sainte-Thérèse Island]]
* [[Rivière des Iroquois (Richelieu River tributary)|Rivière des Iroquois]]
* [[Chambly Canal]]
* [[Richelieu River]]
* [[Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad]]
* [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]]
* [[L'Acadie, Quebec|L'Acadie]] (former municipality amalgamated into Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001)
* [[List of cities in Quebec]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ville.saint-jean-sur-richelieu.qc.ca/ Official website - www.ville.saint-jean-sur-richelieu.qc.ca]

{{Geographic location
 | title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
 | Centre = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
 | North = [[Carignan, Quebec|Carignan]] <br/> [[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]]
 | Northeast = [[Richelieu, Quebec|Richelieu]]
 | East = [[Mont-Saint-Grégoire]]
 | Southeast = [[Saint-Alexandre, Quebec|Saint-Alexandre]]
 | South = [[Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu]] / [[Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois]]
 | Southwest = [[Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville]]
 | West = [[Saint-Philippe, Quebec|Saint-Philippe]] <br/>[[Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Quebec|Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur]]
 | Northwest = [[La Prairie, Quebec|La Prairie]]
}}
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