Saint-Constant, Quebec
| Saint-Constant | |
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| City | |
 Location within Roussillon RCM |
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 Saint-Constant
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| Coordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.37°N 73.57°WCoordinates: 45°22′N 73°34′W / 45.37°N 73.57°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Roussillon |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Claude Boyer |
| • Federal riding | La Prairie |
| • Prov. riding | Sanguinet |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57.30 km2 (22.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 56.83 km2 (21.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 24,980 |
| • Density | 439.5/km2 (1,138/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 4.3% |
| • Dwellings | 9,109 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J5A |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-30 A-730
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 Route 132 Route 209
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| Website | www |
Saint-Constant is city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Montreal in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 24,980.
Early settlement took place in 1725 as a result of the opening of the St. Pierre concession. The Côte Saint-Pierre mission (first name of the parish) began in 1750 with the construction of a church and two years later, the parish registers opened. Rang Saint-Pierre was the central concession of the Sault-Saint-Louis seigneurie and extended into the seigneurie of LaSalle. In 1815 Rang Saint-Pierre was nicknamed "Black Cattle Road" because it was the way cattle was transported from New York to Montreal. Centrally located in what was then Laprairie County, the village of Saint-Constant was the only location of voting from 1829 to 1841. Residents of the area witnessed or took part in the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837-1838.
Local administrative structures emerged in Saint-Constant in 1845 with the introduction of the parish municipality and the school board. However, the vast territory of the parish of Saint-Constant was already subdivided for Saint-Rémi (1840), Saint-Édouard (1833), and Saint-Isidore (1833). This trend continued with the establishment of Saint-Michel (1854), Saint-Mathieu (1919) and Sainte-Thérèse-de-Delson (1932). One of the mayors, Solime Cardinal (1815–1897), was the maternal grandfather of Charles-Émile "Charley" Trudeau, a successful French Canadian entrepreneur who became the father of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, and grandfather of Justin Trudeau, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada.
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