Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | |
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Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | |
Coordinates: 45°46′N 73°49′W / 45.767°N 73.817°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Laurentides |
RCM | Thérèse-De Blainville |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Julie Boivin |
• Federal riding | Mirabel |
• Prov. riding | Blainville |
Area | |
• Total | 94.40 km2 (36.45 sq mi) |
• Land | 93.44 km2 (36.08 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 15,221 |
• Density | 162.9/km2 (422/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016–2021 | 5.5% |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | R-335 |
Website | www |
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, 40 km northwest of the city of Montreal in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality, in the region of Laurentides. Its population was 14,990 during the census of 2014.[4]
The city has the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Complex of the Correctional Service of Canada, which includes the Regional Reception Centre (multi-level security), housing Special Handling Unit (SHU), Canada's highest-security unit; Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (maximum security),[5] and the Regional Mental Health Centre (multi). It also has the Archambault Institution.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines had a population of 15,221 living in 5,882 of its 6,005 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 14,421. With a land area of 93.44 km2 (36.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 162.9/km2 (421.9/sq mi) in 2021.[6]
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates French-language schools.[7]
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates the English-language public schools.[11]