Saint-Constant, Quebec
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Saint-Constant | |
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City | |
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Location within Roussillon RCM | |
![]() ![]() Saint-Constant Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.37°N 73.57°WCoordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.37°N 73.57°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Roussillon |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Claude Boyer |
• Federal riding | La Prairie |
• Prov. riding | Sanguinet |
Area | |
• Total | 57.30 km2 (22.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 56.83 km2 (21.94 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 27,359 |
• Density | 478.9/km2 (1,240/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 10,111 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | J5A |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Saint-Constant is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Montreal in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 27,359.
History[]
Early settlement took place in 1725 as a result of the opening of the St. Pierre concession. The Côte Saint-Pierre mission (first name of the parish) began in 1750 with the construction of a church and two years later, the parish registers opened. Rang Saint-Pierre was the central concession of the Sault-Saint-Louis seigneurie and extended into the seigneurie of LaSalle. In 1815 Rang Saint-Pierre was nicknamed "Black Cattle Road" because it was the way cattle were transported from New York to Montreal. Centrally located in what was then , the village of Saint-Constant was the only location of voting from 1829 to 1841. Residents of the area witnessed or took part in the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837-1838.
Local administrative structures emerged in Saint-Constant in 1845 with the introduction of the parish municipality and the school board. However, the vast territory of the parish of Saint-Constant was already subdivided for Saint-Rémi (1840), Saint-Édouard (1833), and Saint-Isidore (1833). This trend continued with the establishment of Saint-Michel (1854), Saint-Mathieu (1919) and Sainte-Thérèse-de-Delson (1932). One of the mayors, Solime Cardinal (1815–1897), was the maternal grandfather of Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau, a successful French Canadian entrepreneur who became the father of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, and grandfather of Justin Trudeau, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada.
Saint-Constant was transformed by the construction of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The electrification of the village occurred around 1918 and rural electrification was completed in 1939. The Rue Saint-Pierre was extended from Montées des Bouleaux/Rue Sainte-Catherine, in the direction of Route 132 in 1950. Starting in the 1950s, suburban development occurred in Saint-Constant, allowing it to obtain city status in 1973.
Demographics[]
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 18,424 | — |
1996 | 21,933 | +19.0% |
2001 | 22,577 | +2.9% |
2006 | 23,957 | +6.1% |
2011 | 24,980 | +4.3% |
2016 | 27,265 | +9.1% |
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Census | Total | French
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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26,695
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22,905 | ![]() |
85.80% | 1,430 | ![]() |
5.35% | 330 | ![]() |
1.23% | 2,355 | ![]() |
8.82% | |||||
2011
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24,705
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21,685 | ![]() |
87.78% | 1,255 | ![]() |
5.08% | 255 | ![]() |
1.03% | 1,510 | ![]() |
6.11% | |||||
2006
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23,850
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21,750 | ![]() |
91.19% | 1,070 | ![]() |
4.49% | 130 | ![]() |
0.55% | 900 | ![]() |
3.77% | |||||
2001
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22,490
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20,480 | ![]() |
91.06% | 1,110 | ![]() |
4.94% | 120 | ![]() |
0.53% | 780 | ![]() |
3.47% | |||||
1996
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21,885
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19,745 | n/a | 90.22% | 1,030 | n/a | 4.71% | 195 | n/a | 0.89% | 915 | n/a | 4.18% |
Transportation[]
Local bus service in Saint-Constant is provided by the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Roussillon sector. Saint-Constant is also served by the Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine stations on the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Candiac line.
Attractions[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/View_of_angus_pavillion.jpg/170px-View_of_angus_pavillion.jpg)
Saint-Constant is home to the Canadian Railway Museum.
See also[]
- Roussillon Regional County Municipality
- Saint-Regis River
- List of cities in Quebec
References[]
- ^ Reference number 55854 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Saint-Constant
- ^ Riding history for Châteauguay–Saint-Constant, Quebec from the Library of Parliament
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2467035&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Saint-Constant&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016census
External links[]
Media related to Saint-Constant, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
- Saint-Constant, Quebec
- Cities and towns in Quebec
- Incorporated places in Roussillon Regional County Municipality