Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area code(s) 450 and 579 Area 16 km² Local time Tuesday 10:23 PM | Constituted October 30, 1937 Postal code(s) J5C Highways A-30 Route 132 Population 16,762 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind SE at 0 km/h, 95% Humidity RCMs Montérégie, Roussillon Regional County Municipality | ||
Sainte-Catherine 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 2011 Census was 16,762.
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Map of Sainte-Catherine, QC, Canada
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.