Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier () is a town in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale. The Jacques-Cartier River passes through the city.
Local attractions include bicycle paths, the Anne-Hébert Social and Cultural Centre, the Ice Hotel 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.
History The area was granted as a fief to Alexandre Peuvret de Gaudarville (1664-1702) in 1693, whose mother was Catherine Nau de La Boissière et de Fossambault, daughter of Jacques Nau de La Boissière et de Fossambault, advisor to the king. By the 1820s, the lord of the fief was Michel-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay, whose mother was also called Catherine.
In 1824, the Parish of Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault was formed, and in 1845, the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Catherine was created, but dissolved in 1847. The following year, the post office opened with the English name St. Catherines. In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Catherine was reestablished. To distinguish this place from other Sainte-Catherines, it was also known as Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault or Sainte-Catherine-de-Portneuf (since it was formerly part of Portneuf Regional County Municipality).
On September 29, 1984, it changed statutes and name to become the Municipality of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, and on December 9, 2000, it changed statutes to become a city.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 (2021): English as first language: 2.0% French as first language: 96.0% English and French as first languages: 0.9% Other as first language: 0.8%
Government Elected in the 2025 Quebec municipal elections
Mayor: Mathieu Roberge District #1: Jeremy Ouellet-Rousseau District #2: Eric Gadoury District #3: Marc-Antoine Gagnon District #4: David Milot District #5: Josée Lampron District #6: Martin Chabot
See also
List of cities in Quebec
References
External links
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Official site. Commission de toponymie du Québec