Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec

Sainte-Thérèse
City
The old Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse

Location within Thérèse-De Blainville RCM.
Sainte-Thérèse
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°38′N 73°51′W / 45.633°N 73.850°W / 45.633; -73.850Coordinates: 45°38′N 73°51′W / 45.633°N 73.850°W / 45.633; -73.850[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Thérèse-De Blainville
Constituted June 1, 1849
Government[2]
 • Mayor Sylvie Surprenant
 • Federal riding Thérèse-De Blainville
 • Prov. riding Groulx
Area[2][3]
 • Total 9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
 • Land 9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 26,025
 • Density 2,716.1/km2 (7,035/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Increase 3.2%
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J7E
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways
A-640
Route 117
Website www.sainte-therese.ca

Sainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality.

The town is mostly known as a home for heavy industry, but it is also a centre of recreational and tourist activities. It is near the southern limit of a web of cross-country ski trails which meander through the Laurentides. Heading north, it is possible to undertake several nature-filled days of skiing towards major resort centres such as Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.

During the summer, many of the ski trails are used as dedicated bicycle paths, making it possible to undertake day-long or week-long cycling excursions through unspoiled areas, from one resort area to another, without sharing the right of way with motorized vehicles.

The city hall of Sainte-Thérèse, September 28, 1948.

The city was for several decades the home of Sicard Industries, the biggest maker of snow blowers in the world. Until 2002, when General Motors shut its doors, it was also the home of the only Canadian automobile assembly plant outside Ontario. Sainte-Thérèse formerly had a number of piano factories, including Pianos Lesage.

Transportation

Sainte-Thérèse is served by the Sainte-Thérèse commuter rail station on the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Saint-Jérôme line. Local bus service is provided by CIT Laurentides.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

  • Population: 24,269
  • % Change (1996-2001): 3.4
  • Dwellings: 10,879
  • Area (km²): 9.58
  • Density (persons per km²): 2533.9
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Ste-Therese, Quebec[4]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2016
25,360
 23,295 Decrease 0.68% 91.85% 710 Increase 1.42% 2.79% 240 Increase 0.9% 0.94% 1,340 Increase 24.65% 5.28%
2011
25,570
 23,455 Increase 3.85% 91.73% 700 Decrease 25.92% 2.74% 220 Increase 25.71% 0.86% 1,075 Decrease 8.91% 4.2%
2006
24,885
 22,585 Increase 2.64% 90.76% 945 Increase 23.52% 3.79% 175 Increase 16.67% 0.70% 1,180 Increase 25.53% 4.74%
2001
23,865
 22,005 Increase 3.52% 92.21% 765 Decrease 6.13% 3.2% 150 Decrease 37.5% 0.63% 940 Increase 12.57% 3.94%
1996
23,175
 21,255 n/a 91.71% 815 n/a 3.51% 240 n/a 1.03% 835 n/a 3.60%

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools.[5]

  • École Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse
  • École secondaire Saint-Gabriel
  • École Arthur-Vaillancourt[6]
  • École du Trait-d'Union[7]
  • École Le Tandem[8]
  • École Saint-Pierre[9]
  • École Terre-Soleil[10]

Some students are zoned to École Plateau Saint-Louis or to École de la Renaissance in Blainville and some are zoned to École secondaire Jean-Jacques-Rousseau in Boisbriand.[11]

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools:

There is a French-language private school, Académie Sainte-Thérèse, which has its primary school campus here.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 56427 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 73010 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Sainte-Thérèse census profile
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  5. ↑ "Admission et inscription Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine.." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles. Retrieved on December 7, 2014. "La Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles (CSSMI) offre ses services aux résidents des municipalités de : Blainville, Boisbriand, Bois-des-Filion, Deux-Montagnes, Lorraine, Mirabel (Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique et secteur du Domaine-Vert), Oka, Pointe-Calumet, Rosemère, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Saint-Placide et Terrebonne Ouest."
  6. ↑ "Arthur-Vaillancourt." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ "du Trait-d'Union." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Le Tandem." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Saint-Pierre." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Terre-Soileil." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Répertoire des aires de desserte par ville 2017 - 2018 (Généré le 20/9/2017) Sainte-Thérèse." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ "PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  13. ↑ "McCAIG ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rosemere High School Zone." Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.



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