Saint-Charles-Borromée

Saint-Charles-Borromée
City
Location within Joliette RCM.
Saint-Charles-Borromée Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°03′N 73°28′W / 46.050°N 73.467°W / 46.050; -73.467Coordinates: 46°03′N 73°28′W / 46.050°N 73.467°W / 46.050; -73.467[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Joliette
Settled	1855[2]
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named for	Charles Borromeo
Government [3]
• Mayor	Robert Bibeau
• Federal riding	Joliette
• Provincial riding	Joliette
Area [3][4]
• Total	18.70 km2 (7.22 sq mi)
• Land	18.63 km2 (7.19 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	13,321
• Density	715.0/km2 (1,852/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.7%
• Dwellings	6,123
Demonym(s)	Charlois, Charloise
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J6E
Area code	450 and 579
Highways	Route 343
Website	www.st-charles-borromee.org

Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec (2011 Population 13,321) is a city in southwest-central Quebec, Canada, on the l'Assomption River. In Joliette Regional County Municipality, Saint-Charles-Borromée has the Maison Antoine-Lacombe, a heritage home that hosts many exhibits throughout the year. The town is also home to the Centre Saint-Jean-Bosco, which annually hosts the Mémoires et Racines Festival of folk music from various countries and Quebec.

The town takes its name from its original Roman Catholic parish, Saint-Charles-Borromée, which was canonically established in 1683.^[5] The parish, in turn, is named after the French form of the name of an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Charles Borromeo (1538–1584). He was the archbishop of Milan, founded a Roman Catholic order, the Oblates, and became a canonised saint in the Roman Catholic calendar.

History[]

In 1832, Barthélemy Joliette built a sawmill and a flour mill on the banks of the l'Assomption River. He was soon followed by pioneers from Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Saint-Paul, and Sainte-Mélanie, who began to clear the area. In 1840, the parish Saint-Charles-Borromée was founded, and its canonical occurred in 1843.

Two years later was founded the parish municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée-du-Village-d'Industrie from Joliette, which decided to separate from the rest of the town in 1864 and was first named L'Industrie. It ceased to exist in 1847, and its territory became part of Berthier County. The parish municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée was created in 1855. In 1864, when Joliette was erected, Saint-Charles-Borromée lost an important part but still covered a large area.

In 1870, the parish of Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori took a small part of the west. In 1915, Joliette decided to explain its territory from Saint-Charles-Borromée toward the north and the south. In 1956, the area east of the l'Assomption River decided to separate from Saint-Charles-Borromée, and it became Nortre-Dame-des-Prairies. In 1957, the south of Saint-Charles-Borromée decided to also separate itself and became the parish municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée-Sud, which later merged with Joliette and became known with the name of "Quartier Base-de-Roc" and "Carrefour du Vieux-Moulin". That section also included the current location of the Galleries Joliette. Finally, the rest of Saint-Charles-Borromée, commonly known as "La Cité de Joliette," merged with Joliette in 1963.

The town became the municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée in 1986 because Barthélemy Joliette's wife, Marie-Charlotte Tarieu Taillant de Lanaudière, had been largely implied with the construction of the local church. The town was supposed to be named after her, but there was no Sainte-Charlotte so they decided to masculinize the name to that of Saint-Charles-Borromée.

Public transportation[]

The CTJM serves the area with public buses from 6:20 to 22:10 every week days and from 7:50 to 18:35 every week end days.^[6] There is 51 bus stop covering the city, including 7 bus shelter. all of them are connecting with Joliette's terminus on rue Fabre. This terminus will soon be moved to a safer area: rue Saint-Louis, Joliette, in front of the courthouse.^[7] The town most northern bus stop is situated on the corner of rue de la Visitation and rue du Curé-M.-Neyron

Health[]

The Health and Social Services centre of Northern Lanaudiere (CSSSNL), commonly known as the CHRDL (Lanudiere Regional Hospital Center), is the regional hospital deserving the northern part of Lanaudiere. It is situated in the south part of Saint-Charles-Borromee.

Education[]

Commission scolaire des Samares operates the francophone public schools.

• Saint-Charles-Borromée is the home of two francophone elementary schools: École Lorenzo-Gauthier— Rose-des-Vents (pavillon Lorenzo-Gauthier),^[8] on rue Deschênes and École de l'Espace-Jeunesse (pavillon la Traversée),^[9] (formerly Sainte-Marie^{[citation needed]}) situated on boulevard Sainte-Anne. The first serves the west of the town. The second serves the east.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates the anglophone public schools, including:

• Joliette Elementary School^[10]
  • On February 24, 2010, it was decided to transfer Joliette Elementary School from Saint-Paul to Saint-Charles-Borromée in a piece of land on the boulevard l'Assomption Ouest, at the corner of rue Pierre-de-Coubertin.^[11] It will be the first English school in Saint-Charles-Borromée and the only one in the county.
• Joliette High School in Joliette^[12]

Notable people[]

• , actress

See also[]

• List of cities in Quebec

References[]

External links[]

• (in French) Town of Saint-Charles-Borromée
• Festival Mémoires et Racines