:Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

The actual city was founded in 1874, the first mayor was Moise Plante. The first settlers arrived in 1798. At that moment, the settlement was named Pointe-du-Lac (Lake Point). The colony was then renamed Saranac, then Sainte-Cécile. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield was officially named in 1874 after Colonel Charles de Salaberry who served with the British army during the War of 1812. "Valleyfield" came from the Valleyfield Mills, a paper mill south of Edinburgh in Scotland.

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield, founded in 1892.

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is also the seat of the judicial district of Beauharnois since 1901.[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM Territorial Division Act]. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.

In 2002, the city of 26,170 amalgamated with the following communities{{cite web |url=http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modavr02.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=stat.gouv.qc.ca |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230023306/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modavr02.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2006 |url-status=dead}} (2001 Canada census figures):

• Saint-Timothée (8,299)
• Grande-Île (4,559)

Situated on Grande-Île, an island in the Saint Lawrence River, it is bordered at its western end by Lake Saint Francis, with the Saint Lawrence to the north and the Beauharnois Canal to its south. The Port of Valleyfield is on the canal.

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with warm summers and long, cold, and snowy winters.{{Weather box|width=auto

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|Jan record high C = 14.0

|Feb record high C = 16.0

|Mar record high C = 23.0

|Apr record high C = 30.0

|May record high C = 35.0

|Jun record high C = 34.4

|Jul record high C = 35.6

|Aug record high C = 36.5

|Sep record high C = 35.0

|Oct record high C = 28.9

|Nov record high C = 22.5

|Dec record high C = 17.0

|year record high C = 36.5

|Jan high C = −5.4

|Feb high C = -3.3

|Mar high C = 2.3

|Apr high C = 11.2

|May high C = 18.7

|Jun high C = 23.8

|Jul high C = 26.1

|Aug high C = 25.3

|Sep high C = 20.6

|Oct high C = 12.8

|Nov high C = 5.8

|Dec high C = -1.4

|year high C = 11.4

|Jan mean C = −9.6

|Feb mean C = −7.8

|Mar mean C = −2.2

|Apr mean C = 6.3

|May mean C = 13.3

|Jun mean C = 18.7

|Jul mean C = 21.1

|Aug mean C = 20.2

|Sep mean C = 15.6

|Oct mean C = 8.6

|Nov mean C = 2.2

|Dec mean C = -5.1

|year mean C = 6.8

|Jan low C = −13.8

|Feb low C = -12.3

|Mar low C = -6.7

|Apr low C = 1.3

|May low C = 7.9

|Jun low C = 13.5

|Jul low C = 16.0

|Aug low C = 15.1

|Sep low C = 10.6

|Oct low C = 4.3

|Nov low C = -1.4

|Dec low C = −8.8

|year low C = 2.1

|Jan record low C = -38.3

|Feb record low C = −33.5

|Mar record low C = −29.0

|Apr record low C = -15.6

|May record low C = -4.4

|Jun record low C = 2.2

|Jul record low C = 6.5

|Aug record low C = 1.7

|Sep record low C = -2.0

|Oct record low C = -8.9

|Nov record low C = -21.0

|Dec record low C = -32.0

|year record low C = -38.3

|Jan precipitation mm = 74.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 59.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 61.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 77.3

|May precipitation mm = 82.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 94.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 97.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 92.5

|Sep precipitation mm = 82.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 92.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 85.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 76.8

|year precipitation mm = 978.0

|Jan rain mm= 24.2

|Feb rain mm= 19.9

|Mar rain mm= 31.9

|Apr rain mm= 70.3

|May rain mm= 82.9

|Jun rain mm= 97.4

|Jul rain mm= 97.6

|Aug rain mm= 92.5

|Sep rain mm= 82.6

|Oct rain mm= 90.6

|Nov rain mm= 74.4

|Dec rain mm= 33.1

|year rain mm= 794.7

|Jan snow cm= 50.6

|Feb snow cm= 39.3

|Mar snow cm= 30.1

|Apr snow cm= 7.2

|May snow cm= 0.0

|Jun snow cm= 0.0

|Jul snow cm= 0.0

|Aug snow cm= 0.0

|Sep snow cm= 0.0

|Oct snow cm= 1.3

|Nov snow cm= 11.3

|Dec snow cm= 43.7

|year snow cm= 183.5

|source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web

|url =http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=5562&radius=200&proxSearchType=city&coordsCity=45%7C31%7C73%7C39%7CMontr%C3%A9al°reesNorth=&minutesNorth=&secondsNorth=°reesWest=&minutesWest=&secondsWest=&proxSubmit=go&dCode=1| title = Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Climate | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010| date = 31 October 2011 | publisher = Environment Canada| language = en, fr| access-date = June 6, 2015}}

|date=August 2010

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{{Historical populations

| title= Historical census data - Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec

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| 1921 |9215

| 1931 |11411

| 1941 |17052

| 1951 |22414

| 1956 |23584

| 1961 |27297

| 1966 |29111

| 1971 |30173

| 1976 |29716

| 1981 |29574

| 1986 |27875

| 1991 |27,598

| 1996 |26,600

| 2001 |26,170

| 2006 |39,672

| 2011 |40,077

| 2016 |40,745

| 2021 |42,787

| footnote= Amalgamated with Saint-Timothée and Grande-Île in 2002.

| source= Statistics Canada

}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield had a population of {{val|42787|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|20073|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|20962|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:42787-40745}}|40745|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|40745|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|108.56|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|42787|108.56|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

{{Canada census

|location = Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

|2021_population=42,787 | 2021_pop_delta=+5.0 | 2021_land_area=108.56 | 2021_pop_density=394.1

|2021_median_age=47.2 | 2021_median_age_m=45.2 | 2021_median_age_f=49.6

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=20,962 |2021_mean_hh_income=62,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00052470052 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27

|2016_population=40,745 | 2016_pop_delta=+1.7 | 2016_land_area=107.13 | 2016_pop_density=380.3

|2016_median_age=48.3 | 2016_median_age_m=46.0 | 2016_median_age_f=50.1

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=19,356 | 2016_mean_hh_income=50,952 | 2016_access_date=2023-09-13

|2011_population=40,077 |2011_pop_delta=+1.0 |2011_land_area=107.10 |2011_pop_density=374.2

|2011_median_age=47.1 |2011_median_age_m=45.1 |2011_median_age_f=48.7

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=19,050 |2011_mean_hh_income=44,510 |2011_access_date=2014-01-28

|2006_population=39,672 | 2006_pop_delta=+51.6 | 2006_land_area=107.10 | 2006_pop_density=370.4

|2006_median_age=44.6 | 2006_median_age_m=42.9 | 2006_median_age_f=46.2

|2006_total_pvt_dwell=18,034 | 2006_mean_hh_income=41,880 | 2006_access_date=2013-05-17

|2001_population=26,170 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.6 | 2001_land_area=27.45 | 2001_pop_density=953.5

|2001_median_age=43.2 | 2001_median_age_m=40.9 | 2001_median_age_f=45.5

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=12,350 |2001_mean_hh_income=32,812 | 2001_access_date=2013-05-17

|notes= Amalgamated with Saint-Timothée and Grande-Île in 2002.

}}

File:Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC 2.JPG

The city council is composed of the mayor and eight city councillors. The municipal elections are held every four years. Each councillor stands for his/her district.

List of former mayors:{{cite web |title=Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (ville) 1.1.1875 - ... |url=https://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1529 |website=www.mairesduquebec.com |publisher=Institut généalogique Drouin |access-date=13 September 2023}}

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• Moise Laplante (1875–1878, 1880–1885, 1886–1890)
• Alexander Anderson (1878–1880)
• Zéphirin Boyer (1885–1886, 1890–1892)
• John Hugh O'Sullivan (1892–1895)
• Georges Madeiros Loy (1895–1899)
• Narcisse Langevin (1899–1901)
• Onésime Longtain (1901–1903)
• Joseph Georges Henri Thibault (1903–1906)
• James Alexander Robb (1906–1910)
• Charles Ovide Ephrem Ostigui (1910–1912)
• Noel Adélard Ostilly (1912–1916)
• Stanislas Abraham Laroche (1916–1922)
• Daniel Eusèbe Dion (1922–1924)
• Joseph Donat Leboeuf (1924–1930)
• Bernard Gustave Ludger Codebecq (1930–1932)
• Olivier Philorum Billette (1932–1938)
• Joseph Armand Larin (1938–1942)
• Louis Major (1942–1944)
• Joseph Abel Eugène Cauchon (1944–1948, 1960–1969)
• Joseph Olivier Edmond Caza (1948–1954)
• Joseph Mathias Louis Covignon (1954–1960)
• Joseph-Henri Raphaël Barrette (1969–1975)
• Marie Blanche Alberta Marcelle Besner-Trépanier (1975–1983)
• Martinus Maria Petrus Mooijekind (1983–1987)
• Joseph Eugène Gaetan Rousse (1987–1995)
• Denis Lapointe (1995–2017)
• Miguel Lemieux (2017–present)

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The Musée de Société des Deux-Rives (MUSO), which covers the economic and cultural history of the region, is located in the city.

The city houses one of the 10 minor basilicas in Quebec. Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Cecilia, built in 1934–1935, is one of the largest churches in the country.

The city has been the site of the Valleyfield Regattas since 1938. The event takes place every year at the beginning of July over a three-day period in the heart of the city on Bay Saint-François. It is an international hydroplane competition, in which power boats achieve speeds of up to 225 km/h. Attracting over 130,000 visitors per year, it also includes other cultural activities.[http://regatesvalleyfield.com/en/ Home - Régates de Valleyfield]

• 9 daycare facilities
• 3 pre-kindergarten centres
• 12 elementary schools (some with daycare services), of which one is English-language.
• 1 high school
• 1 adult education centre
• 1 vocational training centre
• 1 CEGEP: Collège de Valleyfield
• 1 French-language university centre

The Gault Institute was created by Andrew Frederick Gault. He created this school during the time that the Gault Cotton Mills were up and running. To heat the school at one time he used underground pipes connecting from the school to the Cotton Mills since at the time there was no electricity.

• Lise Bacon: Quebec politician
• Line Beauchamp: Quebec politician
• Jean-Luc Brassard: Olympic gold medalist in skiing
• Pierre Cossette: television and Broadway producer
• Mélodie Daoust: Olympics gold medalist in ice hockey
• Suzanne Fortier: principal at McGill University
• Armand Frappier: physician and microbiologist
• Karla Homolka: serial killer{{cite news|last1=Calvé|first1=Mélanie|title=Karla Homolka Vit Maintenant a Salaberry de Valleyfield|url=https://www.viva-media.ca/la-voix-regionale-beauharnois-salaberry-haut-saint-laurent/actualite-bshsl/faits-divers-bshsl/justice-bshsl/karla-homolka-vit-maintenant-a-salaberry-de-valleyfield|access-date=September 5, 2019|publisher=Viva Media|date=September 5, 2019}}
• Vladimir Katriuk (1921–2015): alleged Nazi war criminal
• Dominic Larocque: para ice hockey athlete
• J. Albert Leduc: ice hockey player and businessman
• Paul-Émile Léger: cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Serge Marcil: politician and Minister of Employment in 1994
• Anne Minh-Thu Quach: MP for Beauharnois—Salaberry
• Jean Ouimet: former leader of the Green Party of Quebec

• Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality
• Beauharnois Canal
• List of cities in Quebec

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• [http://www.ville.valleyfield.qc.ca/ Salaberry-de-Valleyfield official website]

{{Geographic location

| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Northwest = Coteau-du-Lac
St. Lawrence River

| North = Les Cèdres
St. Lawrence River

| Northeast = Pointe-des-Cascades
St. Lawrence River

| Centre = Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

| East = Beauharnois

| Southwest = Beauharnois Canal
Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka

| South = Beauharnois Canal
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague

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Category:Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River

Category:Port settlements in Quebec

Category:Incorporated places in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality