Châteauguay
—  City  —
Coat of arms of Châteauguay Coat of arms
Motto: Unita Fortior (Latin for "Stronger when United")
Location within Roussillon Regional County Municipality.
Châteauguay Location in Quebec, Canada
Coordinates (5, boulevard D'Youville[1]): 45°21′40″N 73°45′00″W / 45.36111°N 73.75°W / 45.36111; -73.75Coordinates: 45°21′40″N 73°45′00″W / 45.36111°N 73.75°W / 45.36111; -73.75[2]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Roussillon
Constituted	November 3, 1975
Government[1][3]
• Mayor	Nathalie Simon
• Federal riding	Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
• Prov. riding	Châteauguay
Area[1][4]
• City	46.50 km2 (17.95 sq mi)
• Land	35.89 km2 (13.86 sq mi)
• Urban[5]	91.44 km2 (35.31 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
• City	45,904
• Density	1,278.9/km2 (3,312/sq mi)
• Urban[5]	70,812
• Urban density	774.4/km2 (2,006/sq mi)
• Change (2006–11)	7.3%
• Dwellings	18,429
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J6J, J6K
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Access Routes[6] A-30	Route 132 Route 138
Website	www.ville.chateauguay.qc.ca

Châteauguay is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, located both on the Chateauguay River and Lac St-Louis, which is a section of the St. Lawrence River. The population of the city of Châteauguay as of the 2011 Census was 45,904, and the population centre was 70,812.^[4][5]

History[link]

Church of Saint-Joachim, a National Historic Site of Canada

The land was first given to Charles Lemoyne by the governor of New France at the time, the Comte de Frontenac with the intention of setting up a seigneurie in the area. Afterwards the seigneurie was assumed by Zacharie Robutel de la Noue in 1706. In 1763 France relinqueshed its claims in Canada and Châteauguay was now under British mandate. The seigneurie was bought by Marguerite d'Youville, a founder of the Quebec religious society the Grey Nuns in 1765 and 10 years later construction began on the Church of Saint-Joachim.

Châteauguay played an important part in the colonial history of North America. With the United States having declared war on Britain in 1812, Châteauguay was seen as little more than a good vantage point to post troops to defend Montreal against an invasion. This prong of the American advance on Montreal ended with the Battle of the Châteauguay, where on October 25, 1813 Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry succeeded in halting the American force of 4,000 advancing on Montreal with only some 400 troops, mostly French-Canadian and 170 Kahnawake Mohawk warriors. The second American incursion towards Montreal was defeated shortly after at Crysler's Farm on November 11.

During the Lower Canada Rebellion, Châteauguay was taken by the British army, who carried out the arrests of dozens of French-Canadians, including the leader of the rebels, François-Maurice Lepailleur, who was later exiled to Australia. Two natives of Châteauguay, Joseph Duquet and another sympathiser were later hanged at the prison at Au-pied-du-courant.

The actual village of Châteauguay was created in 1855, after the abolition of the seigneurie system in Quebec by the British colonial regime. Later on the city annexed two neighboring districts, Châteauguay-Heights (1968) and Châteauguay-Centre (1975). In 1982, with the passage of the Loi sur l'aménagement et l'urbanisme, Québec, the city became part of the Roussillon Regional County Municipality.

Recent history[link]

In the 1970s the community was terrorized by a serial rapist and murderer who, while arrested, has never been identified.^[7]

Demographics[link]

Population[link]

Population trend:^[8]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	45,904	7.3%
2006	42,786	4.3%
2001	41,003	1.0%
1996	41,423	4.0%
1991	39,833	N/A

Language[link]

Mother tongue language (2006)^[9]

Government[link]

The current mayor of Châteauguay is Nathalie Simon. She was elected on November 1, 2009.

Infrastructure[link]

Services[link]

Public Security[link]

The Chateauguay Police have more than one hundred and fifty police officers. Their duties include investigations, crime prevention and routine city patrols. The force also participates in many community efforts. The majority of these outreach programs are aimed at Chateauguay youth and focus on the prevention of drug and alcohol use which is widespread among the youth (up to 78% of the teens have used a drug on the course of last month according to a survey). The force, originally having only jurisdiction within the city limits expanded its jurisdiction over the nearby cities of Lery, Mercier, Beauharnois and Saint-Isidore between 2002 and 2007 through agreements between the municipalities.

Public transit[link]

Public transportation is assured by CITSO (Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport du Sud-Ouest). They run two Chateauguay-Angrignon loop bus routes circulating in opposite directions. A city minibus transfers commuters from the western part of the suburb to the downtown, where the other off-peak routes pass. During rush hours, more bus routes connect the various neighbourhoods with the Angrignon bus terminal and metro station. A special express bus route connects western Chateauguay and the Chateauguay Park-and-ride with downtown Montreal, only during rush hours. A reserved lane on Highway 138 eastbound makes the connection significantly faster when the Mercier Bridge is congested. The Chateauguay public transit system also offers a Taxi-Bus service which allows those people who live outside of the normal bus routes to, by way of transfer, use a taxi funded by CITSO to drop them off at specific points in the city usually within walking distance of their residence. This service has proven itself quite useful and popular amongst those residents who utilize it.

HVDC-back-to-back station[link]

Since 1984, Châteauguay has been home to one of the largest HVDC-back-to-back stations in the world with an operating voltage of 140 kV and a maximum transmission rate of 1000 MW.

Education[link]

The majority of the education institutions within Chateauguay are public with the exception of College Heritage which is semi-private (And is actually a high school and not a College.) A small list of Chateauguay schools are.

• Collège Héritage - Semi-Private High school for French speaking students. (also houses 5th and 6th grade elementary school students)
• Howard S. Billings Regional High School - High school for English students.
• Louis Philippe Paré or more commonly known as L.P.P - High school for French speaking students.
• Gabrielle-Roy - High school for French speaking students.
• Centennial Park Elementary - Elementary school for bilingual students. (Sometimes Known as CPS)
• St-Jude - * Elementary school for French speaking students
• Mary Gardner - Elementary school for English speaking students.
• Ecole de La Rive - Elementary school for French speaking students.
• Laberge - Elementary school for French speaking students.
• Harmony School - Elementary school for English speaking students.
• St-Jean Baptiste - Elementary school for French speaking students.
• St-Wilibrord - Elementary school for English speaking students.
• Gerin Lajoie - Elementary school for French speaking students.
• Notre Dame de l'Assomption - Elementary school for French speaking students.
• Marguerite-Bourgeois - High school for French speaking students.

NOVA Career Centre for adult students recently established itself in a building adjacent to Howard S. Billings. Their previous location was in the High School.

During the 1980s, three English elementary schools became French due to a demographic shift.

• St-Paul School: The first, an English Catholic elementary. It remained property at the time of the Commission Scolaire de Chateauguay. It later was renamed Ecole des Trois Sources.
• Julius Richardson: The oldest of the English elementary schools in Chateauguay. It closed in the early 80s and became the Centre l'Accore d'Abottsford. It is an adult education center now. It was a school belonging to the then "Chateauguay Valley School Board" it was ceded to the "Commission Scolaire de Chateauguay".
• Robert A. Jobber: This school was the final English school to close. It was shuttered at the end of the 1987-88 school year. During its final years classroom space was leased out to the Catholic school board to house grade 6 students from neighboring Ecole Laberge. Robert A. Jobber, which is architecturally identical to Centennial Park school, became Ecole Gabrielle Roy. To maintain the Robert A. Jobber name the gymnasium at Centennial Park was named in his honor.

Media[link]

The city's local newspapers are the Le Soleil (The Sun) and L'information.

Famous people[link]

• Corey Crawford (born 31 December 1984 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is a hockey goalie, currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks. Crawford was the Blackhawks' 2nd round choice (52nd overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He was the second goaltender to be drafted that year after Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury.

• Caroline Van Vlaardingen, a reporter and occasional anchor for CTV Montreal grew up and went to school elementary and high school in Châteauguay, QC.

• Kim St-Pierre, the goalie for Team Canada's women hockey team, is a three-time gold medalist at the 2002, the 2006 Winter Olympics, and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

• Pierre Falardeau who brought us the Elvis Gratton series is a Châteauguay native. As well the first 30 minutes of Elvis Gratton, Le King des Kings is filmed in Châteauguay

• Award-winning cartoonist Chester Brown was raised in Châteauguay and attended Julius Richardson and Howard S. Billings schools. He was the creator of the SuperBee cartoons in the HSB yearbook.

• Veteran comic book artist Dale Eaglesham spent the first 26 years of his life in Châteauguay. He is currently illustrating Justice Society of America for DC Comics.

• Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves was born in the town west of Châteauguay, Léry.

• Matthew Norman (born 20 June 1988) is an offensive lineman drafted by the BC Lions at the 2012 CFL draft.

Twin town[link]

• Cambrai, France

See also[link]

• List of cities in Quebec
• Châteauguay (provincial electoral district)
• Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

References[link]

External links[link]

• City of Chateauguay official website

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	Léry Sainte-Martine		Kahnawake
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