Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
...
in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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, about southeast of
Montreal
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, located roughly halfway between Montreal and the
Canada–United States border
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with the state of
Vermont
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. It is situated on both the west and east banks of the
Richelieu River
The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly kno ...
at the northernmost navigable point of
Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain ( ; , ) is a natural freshwater lake in North America. It mostly lies between the U.S. states of New York (state), New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec.
The cities of Burlington, Ve ...
. As of December 2019, the population of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was 98,036.
History
Historically, the city has been an important transportation hub. The
first railway line in British North America connected it with
La Prairie in 1836. It also hosts the annual
International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
The International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is the largest hot air balloon festival in Canada. It is held each August in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, about 40 minutes southeast of Montreal and about halfway between Montrea ...
, a
hot air balloon festival
Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities.They can include races; evening "night glows", ...
which attracts thousands of tourists who come to see the hundreds of balloons in the sky each August.
The
Chambly Canal
The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a m ...
extends north along the west bank of the river and provides modern freight passage to
Chambly and the
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...
. The canal has one
lock
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Common meanings
*Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
Arts and entertainme ...
near the downtown core of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In the winter, the city builds a
skating rink on the canal near the lock. In the summer, the embankment on the east side of the canal has a
cycling path.

The French built
Fort Saint-Jean in the seventeenth century. Known to early English settlers as St. Johns, it provided an important communication link during the
Seven Years' War
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. During the
American Revolutionary War
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control of the town
changed hands several times as British and American forces moved through the area.
In 2001 the city and several adjoining communities were merged into the new regional county municipality with a population to 79,600. This merger was requested by the five municipalities involved and was not part of the
municipal fusions imposed by the Quebec government the following year.
Geography
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is located on the banks of the Richelieu River. The city is the seat of Le Haut-Richelieu
regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.
Regional county municipalit ...
and of the
judicial district
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By continent Europe Austria
In texts concerning Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Aus ...
of Iberville.
Neighbourhoods
The city is divided in five sectors which refer to the former municipalities. Each sector contains different neighbourhoods:
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 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.
The amalgamated municipalities (with 2001 population) were:
* Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (37,386)
*
Saint-Luc (20,573)
*
Iberville (9,424)
*
Saint-Athanase (6,691)
*
L'Acadie
Acadia (; ) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. The population of Acadia included the various indigenous Fir ...
(5,526)
Despite the fact that nearby Montreal is very racially diverse, in 2021 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu had a very large majority of white residents (~94.4%). 4.1% of residents were visible minorities and 1.5% identified as Indigenous.
The largest visible minority groups were
Black
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(1.4%) and
Latin American
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Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...
(0.8%).
French was the mother tongue of 92.5% of residents. Other common mother tongues were English (2.5%), Spanish (0.8%), and Arabic (0.5%). 1.4% claimed both French and English as first languages, while 0.4% listed both French and a non-official language.
68.9% of residents were
Christian
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, down from 88.0% in 2011. 62.3% were
Catholic
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, 4.3% were Christian n.o.s and 0.8% were
Protestant
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. 29.3% of the population was non-religious or secular, up from 11.7% in 2011. All other religions and spiritual traditions accounted for 1.8% of the population. The largest non-Christian religion was
Islam
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at 1.4%.
Economy
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is home to the Carrefour Richelieu regional
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...
which has 115 stores.
Newer retail developments include Faubourg Saint-Jean, home to restaurants, services, stores, and a soon-to-open movie theatre.
The historic downtown area, which borders the
Richelieu River
The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly kno ...
and includes Richelieu and Champlain streets, is home to a variety of locally owned bars, restaurants, and shops.
St-Jean is a manufacturing centre for textiles, wood products, sporting equipment, and metal transformation. It hosts an Area Support Unit (ASU) of the
Canadian Armed Forces
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, which functions as a primary recruit and officer training establishment.
Infrastructure
The Ville de
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu public transit system provides commuter and local bus services.
According to the 2016 Census, 22,840 residents, or 56.7% of the labour force work within the city. An additional 5,135 (12.7%) commute to
Montreal
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, while 2,305 (5.7%) work in
Longueuil
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...
, 1,440 (3.6%) work in
Brossard
Brossard ( , , ) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada and is part of the Greater Montreal, Greater Montreal area. According to the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, Brossard's population was 91,525. It shares powers with ...
, and 965 (2.4%) work in
Chambly.
By contrast only 770 people commute from Montreal to work in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu every day, while 795 people commute from
Longueuil
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...
, 780 commute from
Chambly, 510 commute from
Saint-Alexandre and 500 commute from
Mont-Saint-Grégoire.
Transportation

The city is split in two by Autoroute de la Vallée-des-Forts (
Autoroute 35
Autoroute 35 (A-35) is an Autoroute in the region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. With the first section constructed in the 1960s, the A-35 links Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu with Montreal via the A-10. The A-35 is also the primary route for traf ...
) which goes north–south by going first through Saint-Luc district, then turns east just south of Pierre-Caisse Boulevard in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu district to cross the Richelieu River and to finally continue its way south through St-Athanase and Iberville districts. The highway continues south for some 24 km before ending at Saint-Sébastien, but it is expected to be extended all the way to the
Canada-United States border at
Saint-Armand (
Highgate Springs, Vermont
Highgate Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 77.
The CDP is in northwestern Franklin County, in ...
) in the future, and will then continue as
Interstate 89
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in Vermont.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu has its own municipal airport,
Saint-Jean Airport
Saint-Jean Airport is located in the southwestern section of the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. The airport handles general aviation traffic and is also the main site of the annual International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean- ...
, and is also close to Montreal Pierre-Elliot Trudeau International Airport.
The former
International Railway of Maine
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runs through the town, now the connecting point for the
Central Maine and Quebec Railway
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with the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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. The former
Saint-Jean-d'Iberville railway station, which until 1966 served the ''
Ambassador
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'' to Boston and New York City and the ''
Washingtonian'' to Washington, D.C., is now a preserved building.
Education
The
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board (SSPRSB) was a Protestant Christian school district in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It served the South Shore region and it was headquartered in St. Lambert.
The district operated elementary ...
previously served the municipality.
[King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).]
South Shore Protestant Regional School Board
(St. Johns, PQ). ''The News and Eastern Townships Advocate
The ''News and Eastern Townships Advocate'' is a newspaper based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal, located roughly halfwa ...
''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News
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Google News is available as an app on Android, iOS, and the Web. Google ...
on November 23, 2014.
In addition to more than a dozen public elementary and secondary schools, St-Jean is home to two private schools, one English-language school, and two higher education institutions:
* Ecole du quatre vent elementary French school
* École Vision Saint-Jean, a trilingual (French-English-Spanish) primary school
* École Secondaire Marcellin Champagnat, a historically Catholic (now non-religious) high school
* Saint-John's School, the city's only English-language school, which serves students from Kindergarten through high school. Per Quebec law, only children whose parents attended English-language school are allowed to attend English school themselves; French is mandatory for everyone else.
*
Royal Military College Saint-Jean
The Royal Military College Saint-Jean (), commonly referred to as RMC Saint-Jean and CMR, is a Canadian Military academy, military college and university. It is located on the historical site of Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec), Fort Saint-Jean, in Sai ...
() serves as a one-year preparatory program for the
Royal Military College of Canada
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in
Kingston, Ontario
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. Original founded in 1952, it ceased being a degree granting military college in 1995 due to cuts to military funding. RMCSJ continued to provide non-degree
college
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programs for French-speaking cadets of the Canadian Forces. The Canadian federal government reopened the military college at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in the fall of 2007 to provide the full first year of university, equivalent to the Kingston program, for students with English- or French-language backgrounds alongside the college program.
* CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, part of Quebec's
CEGEP
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network, offering post-secondary, pre-university programs
Notable people
*
Art Alexandre, professional
hockey
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player, left wing for the
Montreal Canadiens
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(
NHL
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)
*
Edward Antill, American
lieutenant colonel who participated in the
1775 Battle of Quebec. Marries a Quebecker, and died there.
*
Les Appendices, comedy group
*
Diane Boudreau, writer
*
Alexandre Boulerice
Alexandre Boulerice (; born June 18, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (federal electoral district), Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the New ...
, communication, adviser, community activist, journalist
*
Gerry Boulet
Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald (Gerry) Boulet (March 1, 1946 – July 18, 1990) was a French Canadian rock singer. , rock singer with the
Offenbach band
*
Isabelle Brasseur
Isabelle Brasseur, (born July 28, 1970) is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her partner, Lloyd Eisler, she won two Olympic medals and the 1993 World Championships.
Personal life
Brasseur was born on July 28, 1970, in Kingsbury, ...
, 1993 World Figure Skating Champion (Pairs), 1992/1994 Olympic bronze medalist
*
Éric Bruneau
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, actor
*
David Cadieux
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Career
As a professional boxer, on May 12, 2006, at the Aréna Jacques Plante, Cadieux won the Canad ...
, Canadian champion heavyweight boxer
*
Capitaine Révolte, music group formed in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 1998
*
David Choinière
David Choinière (born February 7, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Canadian Premier League side Forge FC.
Early life
Choinière began playing soccer at age five with Celtix du Haut-Richelieu. In 2011, he joined the Montreal I ...
, footballer for the
Canadian Premier League
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side
Forge FC
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*
Stéphane Crête
Stéphane Crête (September 19, 1967) is a Canadian actor and comedian from Quebec
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, actor
*
Jeff Deslauriers
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, professional hockey goaltender, former
Anaheim Ducks
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(
NHL
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)
*
Denis Gauthier
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, former professional hockey defenceman who played for the
Calgary Flames
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,
Phoenix Coyotes
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,
Philadelphia Flyers
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and
Los Angeles Kings
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(NHL)
*
Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion,
right wing
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hockey player, former
Montreal Canadiens
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(
NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
), considered one of the innovators of the
slapshot
A slapshot (also spelled as slap shot) is a powerful shot in ice hockey. Its advantage is a high-speed shot that can be taken from a long distance; the disadvantage is the long time to set it up as well as its low accuracy.
It has four stage ...
*
Claude Giroux
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, wrestler
*
Hélène Harbec
Hélène Harbec (born 1946) is a Canadian writer.
She was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec and was educated at Laval University. Harbec has lived in Moncton, New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, provi ...
, Canadian journalist and poet
*
Israël Landry
Israël-J.-D. Landry (December 1, 1843 – April 22, 1910) was a Canadian writer, teacher, musician, and publisher. He is known for founding the first French-language Acadian newspaper ''Le Moniteur Acadien.'' In 1955 he was declared a Person of N ...
, teacher, musician, music merchant, editor-in-chief, consul
*
Rina Lasnier
Rina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois Canadian poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville- Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal. Although she was the ...
,
GOQ, Canadian poet
*
Pierre Légaré, stand-up comic
*
Jean Lemieux
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Selected by the Atlanta Flames in the 1972 NHL Draft, Lemieux played parts of two and a half seasons with the Flames before he was traded ...
, physician, novel and short-story writer
*
Antoine L'Estage
Antoine L'Estage is a Canadian rally driver. He has won national championships in both the Canada and the USA. He lives in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec.
Rally
Antoine L'Estage was born into the world of rally. As a young boy, he and his sibli ...
, Canada's most successful rally driver, 10-time
Canadian Rally Championship winner, North American Rally Cup winner and Rally
X-Games
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participant
*
Didier Lucien, Quebec actor of
Haiti
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an origin
*
Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Félix-Gabriel Marchand (January 9, 1832 – September 25, 1900) was a journalist, author, notary and politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the 11th premier of Quebec from May 24, 1897, to September 25, 1900.
Born in what is Saint-Jean-sur-Riche ...
, journalist, author, notary and
11th Premier of Quebec (1897–1900)
*
Joséphine Marchand-Dandurand, journalist, writer, and feminist activist
*
Claudine Mercier
Claudine Mercier (born November 3, 1961) is a Québécoise comedian, singer, actress and impressionist.
Mercier began her performing career in the early-80's singing with the a cappella vocal group Artishows for several years, and with Canadian ...
, comedian, singer, actress and impressionist
*
Jean-François Mercier,
comedian
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,
screenwriter
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and
television host
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*
Kevin Owens
Kevin Yanick Steen (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens. As of April 2025, he is on hiatus due to a neck injury.
Steen began his ...
,
professional wrestler
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with
WWE
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*
Jean-Marc Parent
Jean-Marc is a French masculine given name. It may refer to:
* Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco (born 1963), Beninese former football player
* Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 1950), French politician
* Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and dir ...
, comedian
*
Danny Plourde, poet, novelist and professor
*
Jean-Francois Quintin, hockey player, left wing for the
San Jose Sharks
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NHL
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Claude Raymond
Jean Claude Marc Raymond (born May 7, 1937), nicknamed "Frenchy", is a Canadian former professional baseball relief pitcher, coach, and broadcaster. During his 12-year career in Major League Baseball, he played for the Chicago White Sox (1959), ...
was a major league pitcher and later a sports commentator.
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Aurélie Rivard
Aurélie Rivard (born May 14, 1996) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer. (search for "Rivard") After winning three Paralympics gold medals, claiming a silver Paralympic medal and setting two World Records and a Paralympic Record at the 2016 Summer ...
, paralympic swimmer and multiple medalist
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Alain Rochat
Alain Rochat (born 1 February 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Born in Canada, he represented Switzerland internationally.
Club career
Switzerland
Rochat was born in Canada but his family moved to Switzerla ...
, Swiss footballer
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Joey Scarpellino, actor
*Ska/punk/reggae band
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Valérie Tétreault
Valérie Tétreault (born January 21, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112 in February 2010, and peaked at No. 307 in the doubles rankings in April of the same year.
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, tennis player
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Pierre Tougas, watercolor painter
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Marie Turgeon, actress
*The Villeneuve family,
racing
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drivers:
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Gilles Villeneuve
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (; 18 January 1950 – 8 May 1982) was a Canadian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Villeneuve was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Ferrari, and won six Grands ...
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Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
racing driver
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...
, brother of
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve (born in
Berthierville
Berthierville (; ) (also called Berthier-en-haut, and legally called Berthier before 1942) is a town located between Montreal and Trois-Rivières on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Berthierville is the seat of D'Aut ...
) and father of
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1994 to 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1995, and Formula One from to . Villeneuve won t ...
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Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1994 to 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1995, and Formula One from to . Villeneuve won t ...
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1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
CART
A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
A handcart ...
Champion,
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
Champion, and
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
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Formula One
Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
World Champion,
NASCAR
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driver
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Mike Ward, comedian
See also
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Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality (, ) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It is named for the Richelieu River which runs south-north ...
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Sainte-Thérèse Island
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Rivière des Iroquois
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Chambly Canal
The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a m ...
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Richelieu River
The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly kno ...
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Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad (C&SL) was a historic Rail transport, railway in Lower Canada, the first Canadian public railway and Oldest railroads in North America, one of the first railways built in British North America.
Origin
The ...
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Royal Military College Saint-Jean
The Royal Military College Saint-Jean (), commonly referred to as RMC Saint-Jean and CMR, is a Canadian Military academy, military college and university. It is located on the historical site of Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec), Fort Saint-Jean, in Sai ...
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L'Acadie
Acadia (; ) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. The population of Acadia included the various indigenous Fir ...
(former municipality amalgamated into Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2001)
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List of cities in Quebec
This is the list of municipalities that have the Classification of municipalities in Quebec, Quebec municipality type of city (Quebec), city (''ville'', code=V), an Administrative divisions of Quebec, administrative division defined by the Minist ...
References
External links
Official website - www.ville.saint-jean-sur-richelieu.qc.ca
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Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality