Joliette

Joliette
City
Saint-Charles-Borromée Cathedral
Location within Joliette RCM.
Joliette Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W / 46.017°N 73.450°W / 46.017; -73.450Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W / 46.017°N 73.450°W / 46.017; -73.450
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Joliette
Constituted	November 12, 1966
Government
• Mayor	Alain Beaudry
• Federal riding	Joliette
• Prov. riding	Joliette
Area
• City	23.60 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
• Land	22.81 km2 (8.81 sq mi)
• Metro	109.03 km2 (42.10 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• City	19,621
• Density	860.3/km2 (2,228/sq mi)
• Metro	46,932
• Metro density	430.5/km2 (1,115/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.0%
• Dwellings	9,919
Demonym(s)	Joliettain, Joliettaine
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J6E
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways A-31	Route 131 Route 158 Route 343
Website	www.ville.joliette.qc.ca

Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.

Joliette has 3 francophone high schools and 1 anglophone high school as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière.

It was founded as L'Industrie by businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863.

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.

Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.

Joliette Institution for Women, a prison of the Correctional Service of Canada, is in this town.

Post-secondary:

Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone public schools;

Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board: