Sainte-Marie (Quebec)

See also: Sainte-Marie

Sainte-Marie , sometimes called Holy-Marie-with-Beauce , is a city of the Quebec located in MRC of the News-Beauce, of which it is the chief town, in the area of the Boiler-Appalachian Mountains. It belongs to the traditional area of the Beauce.

It is located at 40km in the south of the town of Quebec. It holds its name of Marie-Claire Fleury of Gorgendière, marries first lord of Sainte-Marie, Thomas-Jacques Taschereau, with whom it seigniory was conceded in 1736.

Sainte-Marie is a center industrial, commercial and agricultural important whose influence extends in all the surrounding area.

Geography

The presence of the Rivière Boiler which crosses Sainte-Marie is the most outstanding element of the territory. 70% of the surface are devoted to the agricultural activity.

History

The seigniory of Holy-Marie-of-the-News-Beauce, so called Taschereau of the name of its first owner, was conceded in 1736. The parish founded in 1737 and was set up canonically in 1835. The majority of the first colonists came from the island of Orleans and the Côte of Bowsprit.

As in many localities of Quebec, the more urbanized part (it village ) from the parish in 1913 separated, obtained the statute of city in 1958 and the two parts again met in 1978.

Trade and industries

The industrial sector of Sainte-Marie takes part in famous whose Beauce as one enjoys the economic centers most dynamic of Quebec. Sainte-Marie is the heiress of a tradition of mutual aid (famous the drudgeries ) and of work.

Equipped with two industrial parks located in edge of the Highway 73, Sainte-Marie holds 60% of the industrial employment in the MRC of the News-Beauce. With a rate of export of 40%, the regional economy is largely open on outside, mainly towards the the United States. It benefits from the proximity of Quebec, the American border and the road main roads.

She is particularly recognized as being the city of the cakes Vachon . The company was founded there in 1923.

Socio-economic profile

  • municipal Budget (million $) 11,2

  • Many companies: 799
  • primary sector Employment: 240 employment
    • Agricultural sector (1997): 88 companies

  • secondary industry Employment 2205

    • manufacturing Sector (1999): 51 companies

  • tertiary sector Employment 3210 employment

    • Retailers (1999): 178 companies
    • Services (1999): 482 companies

In 1999, Sainte-Marie counted:

  • 43 industrial buildings
  • 110 commercial buildings
  • 2 industrial parks with 38 occupants

Education and leisures

  • Elementary schools 3
  • secondary School 1
  • collegial Teaching (center except campus) 1
  • University education (center except campus) 1
  • specialized Training centres (languages, etc) 6
  • Parks and playing fields 9
  • Tennis 4
  • Library, arena, external swimming pool, interior swimming pool, football field and of soccer

Health

  • Clinical medical and dental 9
  • CLSC (local Center of Community services) 1

Industrial parks

  • Year of opening: 1971 (western sector), 1999 (sector is)
  • Total surface area: 1.161.328 Mr. Ca - 12.487.400 pi. Ca
  • Surface disp. : 505.501 Mr. Ca - 5.435.545 pi. Ca
  • Occupying: 38
  • Services: Sewer and aqueduct in the two parks, natural gas in the western sector only

Principal companies of Sainte-Marie according to the number of employees (1999)

  • Culinar (division of Saputo Inc.) (cakes and pastry makings): 800
  • Maax Inc. (medical products acrylic resin, glass fiber, ABS): 460
  • Group Bocenor Inc. (doors and windows wood, PVC): 375
  • Baronet Inc. (pieces of furniture): 212
  • Ling Canada (packing out of paperboard): 190
  • Beams Delta (structures of steel): 170
  • J.M. Smucker (Canada) Inc. (confectionery): 138
  • Constructions Beauce-Atlas (structures of steel): 130
  • Domtar (wood): 112

Personalities born in Sainte-Marie


Municipalities bordering

Sources

  • Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
  • Note of the Commission of toponymy
  • municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

External bonds

  • tourist Official site
  • Corridor of the valley of the Boiler

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