Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier () is a town in
Quebec
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, Canada, located in the
regional county municipality
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Regional county municipalit ...
of
La Jacques-Cartier, in the administrative region of
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...
. The
Jacques-Cartier River
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passes through the city.
Local attractions include bicycle paths, the Anne-Hébert Social and Cultural Centre, the
Ice Hotel
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and the Duchesnay Inn. The city also has a youth centre and an elementary school with three buildings.
The city is named after Catherine Nau de La Boissière et de Fossambault, a noblewoman of New France.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier 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.
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 2.0%
* French as first language: 96.0%
* English and French as first language: 0.9%
* Other as first language: 0.8%
Government
* Mayor: Jacques Marcotte - Équipe Jacques Marcotte - Action pour le citoyen
* District #1: Claude Phaneuf
* District #2: André Fournier
* District #3: Yves-J. Grenier
* District #4: Diane Larouche - Équipe Jacques Marcotte - Action pour le citoyen
* District #5: Sandra Gravel - Équipe Jacques Marcotte - Action pour le citoyen
* District #6: Martin Chabot - Équipe Jacques Marcotte - Action pour le citoyen
See also
*
List of cities in Quebec
This is the list of municipalities that have the Classification of municipalities in Quebec, Quebec municipality type of city (Quebec), city (''ville'', code=V), an Administrative divisions of Quebec, administrative division defined by the Minist ...
References
External links
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-CartierOfficial site.
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Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale