Sainte-Julie, Quebec

Sainte-Julie
City
Sainte-Julie municipal library.
Location within Marguerite-D'Youville RCM.
Sainte-Julie Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°35′N 73°20′W / 45.583°N 73.333°W / 45.583; -73.333[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Marguerite-D'Youville
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Mario Lemay
• Federal riding	Montarville
• Prov. riding	Verchères
Area [2][4]
• Total	48.90 km2 (18.88 sq mi)
• Land	48.49 km2 (18.72 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[5]
• Total	30,045
• Density	619.6/km2 (1,605/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	0.5%
• Dwellings	11,761
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J3E
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-20 (TCH) A-30	R-229
Website	www.ville. sainte-julie.qc.ca

Sainte-Julie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒyli]; originally Sainte-Julie-de-Verchères), is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 30,045. In 2009 Sainte-Julie was called one of the best towns in which to live in Quebec, and the city is often known as "The Happiest City in Quebec" (French: "La ville la plus heureuse du Québec").^[6]

The territory of Sainte-Julie, was part of the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes and was informally known as "Grand Coteau". These settlers mostly came from Boucherville.^[7]

Soon residents, finding the Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes parish too far away, asked to establish their own parish in 1843.^[7] In 1850 they received authorization and built a church on land belonging to Julie Gauthier dite St-Germain, who asked that the name of the patron Sainte-Julie be given to the parish after Julia of Corsica, a virgin martyr from the fifth century A.D.^[1][7]

On May 6, 1851, a civil proclamation recognized the parish municipality of Sainte-Julie. In the fall of 1851, there were more than 190 families and 1,251 people in Sainte-Julie, according to the federal census.^[7]

On July 1, 1885, the municipality of Sainte-Julie was officially created and obtained the right to legally elect, its first mayor, Jules Choquet. The first village school vas built in 1885, located on Rue Principale at the intersection of Boulevard Saint-Joseph.^[7]

Disaster struck the municipality in 1929 with the collapse of the upper floor of a grain shed: four people lose their lives.^[7]

In the mid-1960s, the construction of the Quebec Autoroute 20 further stimulated the development of Sainte-Julie, which became a rapidly developing suburb south of Montreal. The 1960s were also marked by the protest against the smoke produced by the asphalt plan of the Desourdy company and the damage caused to Mont-Saint-Bruno. Also, in 1968, A CF-100 warplane from the Saint-Hubert ARC base crashes into a house on Rue Félix-Leclerc.^[7]

Sainte-Julie gained city status in 1971. The same year, the biggest snowstorm of the century paralyzes part of the city for several days.^[7]

The 1980s marks the inauguration of the public transportation system between Sainte-Julie and the Longueuil metro station, giving citizen a direct access to the Montreal transit system. Also, a fire at the PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) warehouse in Saint-Basile-le-Grand forces the evacuation of part of the population.^[7]

Sainte-Julie is located on the south shore of Montréal. The city is well connected to the nearby cities of Montréal and Longueuil by the highways 20 and 30

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Julie had a population of 30,045 living in 11,609 of its 11,761 total private dwellings, a change of 0.5% from its 2016 population of 29,881. With a land area of 48.49 km² (18.72 sq mi), it had a population density of 619.6/km² (1,604.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[9]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Sainte-Julie, Quebec[8]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		29,465		27,055	4.0%	91.8%		540	14.9%	1.8%		300	71.4%	1.0%		1,305	43.4%	4.4%
2016		29,880		28,185	1.7%	94.3%		470	2.1%	1.6%		175	2.8%	0.6%		910	28.2%	3.0%
2011		30,030		28,660	2.9%	95.4%		480	2.0%	1.6%		180	300.0%	0.6%		710	9.2%	2.4%
2006		29,025		27,840	8.9%	95.9%		490	12.6%	1.7%		45	78.6%	0.2%		650	106.3%	2.2%
2001		26,535		25,575	10.9%	96.4%		435	20.9%	1.6%		210	281.8%	0.8%		315	8.6%	1.2%
1996		23,950		23,055	n/a	96.3%		550	n/a	2.3%		55	n/a	0.2%		290	n/a	1.2%

Hydro-Quebec's electricity interpretation centre, Électrium, is located in Sainte-Julie. La Vallée du Richelieu Golf Club's Verchères course is also located in the city.

The mayor of Sainte-Julie is Mario Lemay. There are eight city councillors, all of which of members of La voix des citoyens — Équipe Mario Lemay, as of the 2021 Sainte-Julie municipal election.

Sainte-Julie is part of the federal electoral district of Montarville, which is represented by Stéphane Bergeron of the Bloc Québécois. It is also part of the provincial electoral district of Verchères, which is represented by Suzanne Dansereau of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

The Sainte-Julie public transit system provides commuter and local bus services.

Quebec Autoroute 20, Quebec Autoroute 30 and Quebec Route 229 cross the city.

Secondary education is provided at the public secondary school of Grand-Côteau.

The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.^[15]

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