Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec

This article is about the town in Quebec, Canada. For other uses, see Saint Teresa (disambiguation).

Sainte-Thérèse
City
The old Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse The old Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse
Location within Thérèse-De Blainville RCM. Location within Thérèse-De Blainville RCM.
Sainte-Thérèse Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Thérèse-De Blainville
Constituted	June 1, 1849
Government
• Mayor	Sylvie Surprenant
• Federal riding	Thérèse-De Blainville
• Prov. riding	Groulx
Area
• Total	9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
• Land	9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)
• Total	26,025
• Density	2,716.1/km2 (7,035/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–2011	3.2%
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J7E
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-640	Route 117
Website	www.sainte-therese.ca

Sainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality.

The town is mostly known as a home for heavy industry, but it is also a centre of recreational and tourist activities. It is near the southern limit of a web of cross-country ski trails which meander through the Laurentides. Heading north, it is possible to undertake several nature-filled days of skiing towards major resort centres such as Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.

During the summer, many of the ski trails are used as dedicated bicycle paths, making it possible to undertake day-long or week-long cycling excursions through unspoiled areas, from one resort area to another, without sharing the right of way with motorized vehicles.

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The city hall of Sainte-Thérèse, September 28, 1948.

The city was for several decades the home of Sicard Industries, the biggest maker of snow blowers in the world. Until 2002, when General Motors shut its doors, it was also the home of the only Canadian automobile assembly plant outside of Ontario. Sainte-Thérèse formerly had a number of piano factories, including Pianos Lesage.

It is served by the Sainte-Thérèse intermodal station which is used by commuter trains of the Blainville–Saint-Jérôme Line of the Agence métropolitaine de transport, or AMT (in English, the "Metropolitan transportation agency"), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services in the Greater Montreal area, as well as by buses.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

• Population: 24,269
• % Change (1996-2001): 3.4
• Dwellings: 10,879
• Area (km²): 9.58
• Density (persons per km²): 2533.9

Transportation

Sainte-Thérèse is served by the Sainte-Thérèse commuter rail station on the Agence métropolitaine de transport's Saint-Jérôme Line. Local bus service is provided by CIT Laurentides.

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools.

External links

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