Joliette

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nameJoliette
official_nameVille de Joliette
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineJoliette, Quebec.png
image_captionJoliette in 2025
image_shieldArmories de la ville de Joliette.png
shield_size120x90px
image_mapJoliette Quebec location diagram.png
map_captionLocation within Joliette RCM
pushpin_mapCanada Central Quebec
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_map_captionLocation in central Quebec.
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Lanaudière
subdivision_type3RCM
subdivision_name3Joliette
established_title1Constituted
established_date1
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_namePierre-Luc Bellerose
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Joliette
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Joliette
area_footnotes
area_total_km223.60
area_land_km222.96
area_urban_km239.03
area_metro_km2108.66
elevation_footnotestags--
population_footnotes
population_total21384
population_as_of2021
population_density_km2891.8
population_urban49246
population_density_urban_km21261.7
population_metro52706
population_density_metro_km2485.0
population_blank1_titlePop 2016-2021
population_blank16.6%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank210285
population_demonymJoliettain, Joliettaine
timezoneEST
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeJ6E
area_codes450 and 579
blank_nameHighways

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::callout[type=note] the city in Quebec, Canada ::

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Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 km northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.

Joliette has 3 Francophone high schools and 1 Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière.

It was founded as L'Industrie by the businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863, when it changed its name to Joliette.

The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.

Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Joliette had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 22.96 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

7.1% of residents were visible minorities, 2.4% were Indigenous, and the remaining 90.5% were white/European. The largest visible minority groups were Black (3.1%), Latin American (1.7%) and Arab (1.3%).

French was the mother tongue of 92.3% of residents. Other common first languages were Spanish (1.2%), English (1.1%), Arabic (0.8%) and Atikamekw (0.5%). 1.0% claimed both French and English as mother tongues, and 0.9% listed both French and a non-official language.

65.6% of residents were Christian, down from 85.4% in 2011. 58.2% were Catholic, 4.7% were Christian n.o.s, 0.7% and were Protestants. All other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions made up 1.9% of the population. 31.3% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 11.8% in 2011. The only named non-Christians religions with a significant following in Joliette were Islam (2.4%) and Buddhism (0.3%). All other religions and spiritual traditions made up 0.5% of the population.

Government and infrastructure

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Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.

Joliette Institution for Women, a prison of the Correctional Service of Canada, is in this town.

Economy

The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.

In the center of the city is Galeries Joliette, which has nearly 100 retailers as well as a 5-storey office building.

Local institutions

Post-secondary:

    • Collège Constituent de Joliette

Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone public schools;

Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board:

Private schools:

  • (francophone)

Diocese

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Notable people

References

References

  1. "Joliette". Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire.
  2. (29 November 2017). "Joliette census profile". Statistics Canada.
  3. "Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board".
  4. [http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM ''Territorial Division Act'']. ''Revised Statutes of Quebec'' D-11.
  5. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". [[Statistics Canada]].
  6. (9 February 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 - Joliette, Ville".
  7. (8 May 2013). "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011".
  8. "Galeries Joliette".
  9. "[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-09-17 ." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.)
  10. "[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/181%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE%20HS%20-%20SEC%201-5.pdf Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-09-04 ." [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board]]. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.)
  11. {{toponymie. 125035

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