Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec (2021 Population 15,285) is a city in southwest-central Quebec, Canada, on the l'Assomption River. In Joliette Regional County Municipality, Saint-Charles-Borromée has the Maison Antoine-Lacombe, a heritage home that hosts many exhibits throughout the year. The town is also home to the Centre Saint-Jean-Bosco, which annually hosts the Mémoires et Racines Festival of folk music from various countries and Quebec.
Saint-Charles-Borromée | |
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 Saint-Charles-Borromée (with Lanaudière Regional Hospital in the background) | |
 Location within Joliette RCM. | |
  Saint-Charles-Borromée Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°03′N 73°28′W / 46.050°N 73.467°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Joliette |
| Settled | 1855[2] |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Named for | Charles Borromeo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robert Bibeau |
| • Federal riding | Joliette |
| • Provincial riding | Joliette |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.70 km2 (7.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 18.48 km2 (7.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 15,285 |
| • Density | 827/km2 (2,140/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  10.8% |
| • Dwellings | 7,259 |
| Demonym(s) | Charlois, Charloise |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |  R-343 |
| Website | www |
The town takes its name from its original Roman Catholic parish, Saint-Charles-Borromée, which was canonically established in 1683.[5] The parish, in turn, is named after the French form of the name of an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Charles Borromeo (1538–1584). He was the archbishop of Milan, founded a Roman Catholic order, the Oblates, and became a canonised saint in the Roman Catholic calendar.
History
editIn 1832, Barthélemy Joliette built a sawmill and a flour mill on the banks of the l'Assomption River. He was soon followed by pioneers from Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Saint-Paul, and Sainte-Mélanie, who began to clear the area. In 1840, the parish Saint-Charles-Borromée was founded, and its canonical occurred in 1843.
Two years later was founded the parish municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée-du-Village-d'Industrie from Joliette, which decided to separate from the rest of the town in 1864 and was first named L'Industrie. It ceased to exist in 1847, and its territory became part of Berthier County. The parish municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée was created in 1855. In 1864, when Joliette was erected, Saint-Charles-Borromée lost an important part but still covered a large area.
In 1870, the parish of Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori took a small part of the west. In 1915, Joliette decided to explain its territory from Saint-Charles-Borromée toward the north and the south. In 1956, the area east of the l'Assomption River decided to separate from Saint-Charles-Borromée, and it became Nortre-Dame-des-Prairies. In 1957, the south of Saint-Charles-Borromée decided to also separate itself and became the parish municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée-Sud, which later merged with Joliette and became known with the name of "Quartier Base-de-Roc" and "Carrefour du Vieux-Moulin". That section also included the current location of the Galleries Joliette. Finally, the rest of Saint-Charles-Borromée, commonly known as "La Cité de Joliette," merged with Joliette in 1963.
The town became the municipality of Saint-Charles-Borromée in 1986 because Barthélemy Joliette's wife, Marie-Charlotte Tarieu Taillant de Lanaudière, had been largely implied with the construction of the local church. The town was supposed to be named after her, but there was no Sainte-Charlotte so they decided to masculinize the name to that of Saint-Charles-Borromée.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Charles-Borromée had a population of 15,285 living in 6,850 of its 7,259 total private dwellings, a change of 10.8% from its 2016 population of 13,791. With a land area of 18.48 km2 (7.14 sq mi), it had a population density of 827.1/km2 (2,142.2/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
Infrastructure
editPublic transportation
editThe CTJM serves the area with public buses from 6:20 to 22:10 every week days and from 7:50 to 18:35 every week end days.[7] There is 51 bus stop covering the city, including 7 bus shelter. all of them are connecting with Joliette's terminus on rue Fabre. This terminus will soon be moved to a safer area: rue Saint-Louis, Joliette, in front of the courthouse.[8] The town most northern bus stop is situated on the corner of rue de la Visitation and rue du Curé-M.-Neyron
Health
edit
The Health and Social Services centre of Northern Lanaudiere (CSSSNL), commonly known as the CHRDL (Lanudiere Regional Hospital Center), is the regional hospital serving the northern part of Lanaudiere. It is situated in the southern part of Saint-Charles-Borromee.
Education
editCommission scolaire des Samares operates the francophone public schools.
- École secondaire de l'Espace-Jeunesse
- Saint-Charles-Borromée is the home of two francophone elementary schools: École Lorenzo-Gauthier— Rose-des-Vents (pavillon Lorenzo-Gauthier),[9] on rue Deschênes and École de l'Espace-Jeunesse (pavillon la Traversée),[10] (formerly Sainte-Marie[citation needed]) situated on boulevard Sainte-Anne. The first serves the west of the town. The second serves the east.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates the anglophone public schools, including:
- Joliette Elementary School[11]
- On February 24, 2010, it was decided to transfer Joliette Elementary School from Saint-Paul to Saint-Charles-Borromée in a piece of land on the boulevard l'Assomption Ouest, at the corner of rue Pierre-de-Coubertin.[12] It will be the first English school in Saint-Charles-Borromée and the only one in the county.
- Joliette High School in Joliette[13]
Notable people
edit- Farah Alibay, systems engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory who has worked on the InSight, Mars Cube One, and Mars 2020 missions.
- Bianca St-Georges, soccer player for Canada
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55818". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ Histoire de Saint-Charles-Borromée -
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 61035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Saint-Charles-Borromée census profile
- ^ "Les paroisses". Archived from the original on 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ http://www.crtl.gouv.qc.ca/principale/principale.htm
- ^ http://www.laction.com/article-440143-Arret-dautobus-sur-la-place-Bourget-a-Joliette.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lorenzo-Gauthier — Rose-des-Vents (pavillon Lorenzo-Gauthier)." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
- ^ "de l'Espace-Jeunesse (pavillon la Traversée)." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
- ^ "JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
- ^ http://www.laction.com/article-436615-La-nouvelle-ecole-anglophone-sera-construite-a-SCB.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5 Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.
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