Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec

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

Not to be confused with Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec; Thérèse-De Blainville; or Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality.

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[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionLaurentides
RCMThérèse-De Blainville
ConstitutedJune 1, 1849
Government
 • MayorSylvie Surprenant
 • Federal ridingThérèse-De Blainville
 • Prov. ridingGroulx
Area
 • Total9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
 • Land9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total26,025
 • Density2,716.1/km2 (7,035/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011
 3.2%
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J7E
Area code(s)450 and 579
Highways
A-640
Route 117
Websitewww.sainte-therese.ca
The city hall of Sainte-Thérèse, September 28, 1948.

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.

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.

Economy

The city was for several decades the home of Sicard Industries, the biggest maker of snow blowers in the world.

Form 1966 until 2002, it was also the home of General Motors' Sainte-Thérèse Assembly, the only Canadian automobile assembly plant outside Ontario.

There is also a Paccar plant that manufactures light and medium-duty Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks.[4]

Home and garden company, Botanix, originate from Sainte-Thérèse. Founders and brothers, Guy and Wilfred Dion, started a business that would become Pavage Dion and Centre du Jardin Dion. Groupe Rona stepped in and expanded the company to become one of the largest landscaping and flower company in Québec.[5]

Sainte-Thérèse formerly had a number of piano factories, including Pianos Lesage.

Before the General Motors plant arrival in 1966 , Agricultural and equipment company Machineries Dion was the biggest employer of the region. Steel combines were design and produce from 1940 and beyond. Steel foundry, state of the art workshop, cast iron parts and ingenious thinking made Machineries Dion a leader in the equipment market. Inventors of the first pull type forage harvester in the world with macerating rolls for hay and corn (invented in the 70's, which would later become important in a Claas vs John Deere proprietary patent lawsuit). After the initial success, more divisions would emerge; concrete silos, maple syrup extraction equipment and agricultural technology development soon followed.[6][7]

Transportation

Sainte-Thérèse is served by the Sainte-Thérèse commuter rail station on the Exo (Réseau de transport métropolitain) 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[8]
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 0.68% 91.85% 710 1.42% 2.79% 240 0.9% 0.94% 1,340 24.65% 5.28%
2011
25,570
 23,455 3.85% 91.73% 700 25.92% 2.74% 220 25.71% 0.86% 1,075 8.91% 4.2%
2006
24,885
 22,585 2.64% 90.76% 945 23.52% 3.79% 175 16.67% 0.70% 1,180 25.53% 4.74%
2001
23,865
 22,005 3.52% 92.21% 765 6.13% 3.2% 150 37.5% 0.63% 940 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.[9]

  • École Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse
  • École secondaire Saint-Gabriel
  • École Arthur-Vaillancourt[10]
  • École du Trait-d'Union[11]
  • École Le Tandem[12]
  • École Saint-Pierre[13]
  • École Terre-Soleil[14]

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.[15]

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. Geographic code 73010 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Sainte-Thérèse census profile
  4. "Home |PACCAR". www.paccar.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  5. https://www.jardindion.com/entreprise/historique/
  6. https://www.dion-ag.com/a-propos/
  7. https://www.ville.boisbriand.qc.ca/storage/app/media/Ma%20ville/D%C3%A9couvrir/Boisbriand%20en%20bref/Maisons_ancestrales.pdf
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  9. "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."
  10. "Arthur-Vaillancourt." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  11. "du Trait-d'Union." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  12. "Le Tandem." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  13. "Saint-Pierre." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  14. "Terre-Soileil." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
  15. "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.
  16. "PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  17. "McCAIG ELEMENTARY ZONE." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  18. "Rosemere High School Zone." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.



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