Saint-Constant, Quebec
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 Location within Roussillon RCM | |
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| 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 |  9.5% |
| • Dwellings | 10,111 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways  A-30  A-730 |  Route 132  Route 209 |
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. Its population, as of the Canada 2016 Census, numbered 27,359 residents.
History
Its early settlement took place in 1725 as a result of the opening up of the St. Pierre concession. The Côte Saint-Pierre Mission,
(The [parish's]] original name) began in 1750 with the construction of a church whose registers would open in two years.
The Rang Saint-Pierre was the central concession of the Sault-Saint-Louis seigneurie, extending into the La Salle seigneurie. In 1815 the Rang Saint-Pierre was nicknamed "The Black Cattle Road" being the route cattle were transported upon from New York to Montreal. Centrally located in what was then Laprairie County, the village of Saint-Constant was the only location where voting existed from 1829 to 1841. Residents of this area would be impacted by the Lower Canada Rebellion from 1837 to 1838.
In 1945, local administrative bureaucracies emerged in Saint-Constant with the introduction of a parish municipality and school board. However, the vast majority of its territory was already subdivided into 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 its mayors, Solime Cardinal (1815–1897), was the maternal grandfather of Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau, the successful French-Canadian entrepreneur. In time he would become a father to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Canadian Prime Minister, and grandfather to Justin Trudeau, the 23rd and current (2022) Canadian Prime Minister.
In the last quarter of the 19th century, Saint-Constant was transformed by the construction of the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway The electrification of the village occurred around 1918 and rural electrification was completed by 1939. Rue Saint-Pierre was extended in 1950 from Montées-des-Bouleaux/Rue Sainte-Catherine, via the Route 132. With that change, suburban development in Saint-Constant flourished gaining city status in 1973.
Demographics
| 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% |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Constant had a population of 29,954 living in 11,313 of its 11,502 total private dwellings, a change of 9.5% from its 2016 population of 27,359. With a land area of 57.06 km2 (22.03 sq mi), it had the population density of 525.0/km2 (1,359.6/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
| 2021 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 29,954 (+9.5% from 2016) | 24,980 (+4.3% from 2006) |
| Land area | 57.06 km2 (22.03 sq mi) | 56.83 km2 (21.94 sq mi) |
| Population density | 524.9/km2 (1,359/sq mi) | 439.5/km2 (1,138/sq mi) |
| Median age | 40 (M: 39.6, F: 40.4) | 38.0 (M: 37.7, F: 38.4) |
| Total private dwellings | 11,315 | 9,109 |
| Median household income | $78,274 |
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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 | 5.6%
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85.80% | 1,430 | 13.9%
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5.35% | 330 | 29.4%
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1.23% | 2,355 | 55.96%
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8.82% | |||||
2011
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24,705
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21,685 |  0.3%
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87.78% | 1,255 | 17.3%
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5.08% | 255 | 96.2%
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1.03% | 1,510 | 67.8%
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6.11% | |||||
2006
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23,850
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21,750 | 6.2%
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91.19% | 1,070 | 3.6%
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4.49% | 130 | 8.3%
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0.55% | 900 | 15.4%
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3.77% | |||||
2001
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22,490
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20,480 | 3.7%
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91.06% | 1,110 | 7.8%
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4.94% | 120 | 38.5%
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0.53% | 780 | 14.8%
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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. The city is also served by the Saint-Constant and the Sainte-Catherine stations on the Réseau de transport métropolitain's Candiac line.
Attractions
Saint-Constant is home to the Canadian Railway Museum.
See also
References
- ^ "Reference number 55854 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Saint-Constant, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Ontario [Province]". 8 February 2017.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016census
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
External links
Media related to Saint-Constant, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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