Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. The ...

in the

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, about southeast of

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. It is situated on the west bank of the

Richelieu River The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly kno ...

at the northernmost navigable point of

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. As of December 2019, the population of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was 98,036.

History

Historically, the city has been an important transportation hub. The first railway line in British North America connected it with La Prairie in 1836. It also hosts the annual

International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu The International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is the largest hot air balloon festival in Canada. It is held each August in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, about 40 minutes southeast of Montreal and about halfway between Montreal ...

, a

hot air balloon festival Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows" ...

which attracts hundreds of tourists who come to see the hundreds of balloons in the sky each August. The

Chambly Canal The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a maj ...

extends north along the west bank of the river and provides modern freight passage to Chambly and the

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. The canal has one

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near the downtown core of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In the winter, the city builds a skating rink on the canal near the lock. In the summer, the embankment on the east side of the canal has a cycling path. Fort Saint-Jean circa 1748

The French built

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in the seventeenth century. Known to early English settlers as St. Johns, it provided an important communication link during the

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. During the

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control of the town changed hands several times as British and American forces moved through the area. In 2001 the city and several adjoining communities were merged into the new regional county municipality with a population to 79,600. This merger was requested by the five municipalities involved and was not part of the municipal fusions imposed by the Quebec government the following year. Operation Lotus St-Jean-sur-Richelieu 2011

Operation Lotus St-Jean-sur-Richelieu 2011

Geography

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is located on the banks of the Richelieu River. The city is the seat of Le Haut-Richelieu

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and of the

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of Iberville.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The amalgamated municipalities (with 2001 population) were: * Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (37,386) * Saint-Luc (20,573) * Iberville (9,424) * Saint-Athanase (6,691) *

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(5,526) Despite the fact that nearby Montreal is very racially diverse, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu has a very large majority of white residents (93.3%). 2.4% of residents are visible minorities and 4.3% identify as aboriginal.

Neighbourhoods

The city is divided in five sectors which refer to the former municipalities. Each sector contains different neighbourhoods:

Economy

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is home to the Carrefour Richelieu regional

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which has 115 stores. Newer retail developments include Faubourg Saint-Jean, home to restaurants, services, stores, and a soon-to-open movie theatre. The historic downtown area, which borders the

and includes Richelieu and Champlain streets, is home to a variety of locally-owned bars, restaurants, and shops. St-Jean is a manufacturing centre for textiles, wood products, sporting equipment, and metal transformation. It hosts an Area Support Unit (ASU) of the

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, which functions as a primary recruit and officer training establishment.

Commuting patterns

The Ville de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu public transit system provides commuter and local bus services. According to the 2016 Census, 22,840 residents, or 56.7% of the labour force work within the city. An additional 5,135 (12.7%) commute to

, while 2,305 (5.7%) work in

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

, 1,440 (3.6%) work in

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, and 965 (2.4%) work in Chambly. By contrast only 770 people commute from Montreal to work in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu every day, while 795 people commute from

, 780 commute from Chambly, 510 commute from Saint-Alexandre and 500 commute from Mont-Saint-Grégoire.

Transportation

The city is split in two by Autoroute de la Vallée-des-Forts (

Autoroute 35 Autoroute 35 (A-35) is an Autoroute in the region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. Constructed in the 1960s, the A-35 links Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu with Montreal via the A-10. The A-35 is also the primary route for traffic between Montreal and ...

) which goes North-South by going first through Saint-Luc district, then turns east just south of Pierre-Caisse Boulevard in Saint-Jean-sur-Richlieu district to cross the Richelieu River and to finally continue its way south through St-Athanase and Iberville districts. The highway continues south for some 24 km before ending at Saint-Sébastien. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu has its own municipal airport,

Saint-Jean Airport Saint-Jean Airport is located in the southwestern section of the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. The airport handles general aviation traffic and is also the main site of the annual International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean ...

, and is also close to Montreal Pierre-Elliot Trudeau International Airport. The former

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runs through the town, now the connecting point for the

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with the

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. The former

Saint-Jean-d'Iberville railway station Saint-Jean-d'Iberville station (french: Gare du Grand Tronc à Saint-Jean-d'Iberville) is a former railway station in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. The station was built in 1890 by the Grand Trunk Railway and is located at 31 Fronte ...

, which until 1966 served the ''

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'' to Boston and New York City and the '' Washingtonian'' to Washington, D.C., is now a preserved building.

Education

The

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previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
(St. Johns, PQ). ''

The News and Eastern Townships Advocate The ''News and Eastern Townships Advocate'' is a newspaper based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Qu ...

''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from

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on November 23, 2014. In addition to more than a dozen public elementary and secondary schools, St-Jean is home to two private schools, one English-language school, and two higher education institutions: * École Vision Saint-Jean, a trilingual (French-English-Spanish) primary school * École Secondaire Marcellin Champagnat, a historically Catholic (now non-religious) high school * Saint-John's School, the city's only English-language school, which serves students from Kindergarten through high school. Per Quebec law, only children whose parents attended English-language school are allowed to attend English school themselves; French is mandatory for everyone else. *

Royal Military College Saint-Jean , mottoeng = Truth, Duty, Valour , established = 1952 , type = Military college , chancellor = Anita Anand (''ex officio'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Commanda ...

(french: Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean) serves as a one-year preparatory program for the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

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. Original founded in 1952, it ceased being a degree granting military college in 1995 due to cuts to military funding. RMCSJ continued to provide non-degree

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programs for French-speaking cadets of the Canadian Forces. The Canadian federal government reopened the military college at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in the fall of 2007 to provide the full first year of university, equivalent to the Kingston program, for students with English- or French-language backgrounds alongside the college program. * CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, part of Quebec's

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network, offering post-secondary, pre-university programs

Notable people

* Art Alexandre, professional

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(

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) * Edward Antill, American

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who participated in the 1775 Battle of Quebec and married a Quebecer, died here * Les Appendices, comedy group * Diane Boudreau, writer *

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, 1993 World Figure Skating Champion (Pairs), 1992/1994 Olympic bronze medalist *

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, Canadian champion heavyweight boxer * Capitaine Révolte, music group formed in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 1998 * David Choinière, footballer for the

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, actor *

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(NHL) * Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion,

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, GOQ, Canadian poet *

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an origin *

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, journalist, author, notary and 11th Premier of Quebec (1897–1900) * Joséphine Marchand-Dandurand, journalist, writer, and feminist activist *

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and

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, comedian * Danny Plourde, poet, novelist and professor * Jean-Francois Quintin, hockey player, left wing for the

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(

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drivers: **

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, brother of Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve (born in

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Champion,

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World Champion,

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driver * Mike Ward, comedian *

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References

External links

Official website - www.ville.saint-jean-sur-richelieu.qc.ca

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality