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Joliette
City
Ville de Joliette
Joliette in 2025
Joliette in 2025
Coat of arms of Joliette
Coat of arms
Location within Joliette RCM
Location within Joliette RCM
Joliette is located in Central Quebec
Joliette
Joliette
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W / 46.017°N 73.450°W / 46.017; -73.450[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionLanaudière
RCMJoliette
ConstitutedNovember 12, 1966; 59 years ago (November 12, 1966)
Government
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 • MayorPierre-Luc Bellerose
 • Federal ridingJoliette
 • Prov. ridingJoliette
Area
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 • City
23.60 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
 • Land22.96 km2 (8.86 sq mi)
 • Urban
39.03 km2 (15.07 sq mi)
 • Metro
108.66 km2 (41.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • City
21,384
 • Density891.8/km2 (2,310/sq mi)
 • Urban
49,246
 • Urban density1,261.7/km2 (3,268/sq mi)
 • Metro
52,706
 • Metro density485/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 6.6%
 • Dwellings
10,285
Demonym(s)Joliettain, Joliettaine
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J6E
Area codes450 and 579
Highways
A-31
R-131
R-158
R-343
Websitewww.joliette.ca

Joliette (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt] ⓘ) is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River. It is also the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. Founded in 1823 by Barthélemy Joliette and his wife Marie-Charlotte de Lanaudière.[4] Joliette named it L'Industrie to "design [it] around economic activity, mills, land development and a desire to create a durable centre on the L’Assomption River."[5] In 1863, the city incorporated, and changed its name to Joliette.[6]

Considered part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal, the city is home to the Musée d'art de Joliette, which has a permanent collection of more than 8,300 works of art: paintings, sculpture, art on paper and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.[7]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population, conducted by Statistics Canada, Joliette had a population of 21,384 living in 10,568 of its 11,153 total private dwellings, an increase of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 20,484. With a land area of 22.96 km2 (8.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 931.4/km2 (2,412.2/sq mi) in 2021.[8]

Ethnic Identity[9] %
Minorities 7.1
— Black 3.1
— Latin American 1.7
— Arab 1.3
— Indigenous 2.4
White/European 90.5
Mother Tongue %
French 92.3
Spanish 1.2
English 1.1
Arabic 0.8
Atikamekw 0.5
Bilingual: French-English 1.0
Bilingual: French and non-official language 0.9
Religious Practice %
Christian 65.6*
Catholic 58.2
Christian n.o.s. 4.7
Protestants 0.7
Christian other 1.9
Non-religious or Secular 31.3
Islam 2.4
Buddhism 0.3
All other religions or spiritual traditions 0.5
*Down from 85.4% in 2011.[10]

Government and infrastructure

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Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.[11]The Joliette Institution for Women, a prison of the Correctional Service of Canada, is also located there.

Economy

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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.[12]

Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral

Local institutions

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Joliette has three Francophone high schools and one Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière.[13]

Educational System
Francophone Cégep schools(a)
— Collège Constituent de Joliette
Francophone public schools(b)
— École Secondaire Thérèse-Martin
— École Secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette
— École Primaire Les Mélèzes
— École Primaire Saint-Pierre (Marie-Charlotte)
Francophone private schools(c)
— Académie Antoine-Manseau [fr]
Anglophone public schools(d)
— Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée[14]
— Joliette High School[15]
Operated by: (a) Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette [fr]; (b) Commission scolaire des Samares;

(c) Académie Antoine-Manseau [fr]; (d) Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board

Diocese

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Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 125035". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Joliette". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  3. 1 2 "Joliette census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Joliette (Québec) — profil, population, finances, patrimoine". Villes et villages du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-14.
  5. ↑ "Joliette, Quebec: History, Things to Do & Travel Guide". Come Explore Canada. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
  6. ↑ Central, Biography. "Barthélemy Joliette". Biography Central. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
  7. ↑ "La collection | Musée d'art de Joliette". www.museejoliette.org (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-14.
  8. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 - Joliette, Ville". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  10. ↑ "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". Statistics Canada. 8 May 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  11. ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  12. ↑ "Galeries Joliette".
  13. ↑ "Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board". www.swlauriersb.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  14. ↑ "JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
  15. ↑ "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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