Saint-Constant, Quebec

Saint-Constant
City
Location within Roussillon RCM.
Saint-Constant Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:
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 (2011)
• Total	24,980
• Density	439.5/km2 (1,138/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.3%
• Dwellings	9,109
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J5A
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-30 A-730	Route 132 Route 209
Website	www.ville. saint-constant.qc.ca

Saint-Constant is city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Montreal in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 24,980.

History

Early settlement took place in 1725 as a result of the opening of the St. Pierre concession. The Côte Saint-Pierre mission (first name of the parish) began in 1750 with the construction of a church and two years later, the parish registers opened. Rang Saint-Pierre was the central concession of the Sault-Saint-Louis seigneurie and extended into the seigneurie of LaSalle. In 1815 Rang Saint-Pierre was nicknamed "Black Cattle Road" because it was the way cattle was transported from New York to Montreal. Centrally located in what was then Laprairie County, the village of Saint-Constant was the only location of voting from 1829 to 1841. Residents of the area witnessed or took part in the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837-1838.

Local administrative structures emerged in Saint-Constant in 1845 with the introduction of the parish municipality and the school board. However, the vast territory of the parish of Saint-Constant was already subdivided for 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 the mayors, Solime Cardinal (1815–1897), was the maternal grandfather of Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau, a successful French Canadian entrepreneur who became the father of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, and grandfather of Justin Trudeau, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada.

Saint-Constant was transformed by the construction of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The electrification of the village occurred around 1918 and rural electrification was completed in 1939. The Rue Saint-Pierre was extended from Montées des Bouleaux/Rue Sainte-Catherine, in the direction of Route 132 in 1950. Starting in the 1950s, suburban development occurred in Saint-Constant, allowing it to obtain city status in 1973.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Saint-Constant, Quebec
Year Pop. ±% 1991 18,424 —     1996 21,933 +19.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 22,577 +2.9% 2006 23,957 +6.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 24,980 +4.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Constant, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		24,705		21,685	0.3%	87.78%		1,255	17.3%	5.08%		255	96.2%	1.03%		1,510	67.8%	6.11%
2006		23,850		21,750	6.2%	91.19%		1,070	3.6%	4.49%		130	8.3%	0.55%		900	15.4%	3.77%
2001		22,490		20,480	3.7%	91.06%		1,110	7.8%	4.94%		120	38.5%	0.53%		780	14.8%	3.47%
1996		21,885		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 CIT Roussillon. Saint-Constant is also served by Saint-Constant station and Sainte-Catherine station on the Agence métropolitaine de transport's Candiac line.

Attractions

Saint-Constant is home to the Canadian Railway Museum.

See also

• List of cities in Quebec