Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
—  City  —
Nickname(s): Valleyfield
Location within Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Coordinates (61, rue Sainte-Cécile[1]): 45°15′19″N 74°07′54″W / 45.25528°N 74.13167°W / 45.25528; -74.13167Coordinates: 45°15′19″N 74°07′54″W / 45.25528°N 74.13167°W / 45.25528; -74.13167[2]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Beauharnois-Salaberry
Founded	1874
Constituted	April 24, 2002
Government[1][3]
• Mayor	Denis Lapointe
• Federal riding	Beauharnois—Salaberry
• Prov. riding	Beauharnois
Area[1][4]
• City	125.50 km2 (48.46 sq mi)
• Land	107.10 km2 (41.35 sq mi)
• Metro[5]	107.10 km2 (41.35 sq mi)
Population (2011)[4]
• City	40,077
• Density	374.2/km2 (969/sq mi)
• Metro[5]	40,077
• Metro density	374.2/km2 (969/sq mi)
• Change (2006–11)	1.0%
• Dwellings	19,050
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J6S, J6T
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Access Routes[6] A-30	Route 132 Route 201
Website	www.ville.valleyfield.qc.ca

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is a city in southwestern Quebec, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 40,077. Situated on 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 situated on the canal.

  History

Salaberry was named 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.

It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield.

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is the seat of the judicial district of Beauharnois.^[7]

  Merger

In 2002, the city of 26,170 amalgamated with the following communities^[8] (2001 Canada census figures):

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

  Demographics

  Population

Population trend:^[9]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	40,077	1.0%
2006	39,672	1.7%
2001	39,028	1.4%
1996	39,563	1.2%
1991	40,061	N/A

  Language

Mother tongue language (2006)^[10]

  Attractions

The Écomusée des Deux-Rives, which covers the economic and cultural history of the region, is found in the city.

The city has been the site of Les Régates de Valleyfield an international hydroplane race since 1938. In 1991, a tragic accident has occurred when two boats collided, killing a pilot and a man in the stands by some debris.

  Education

• 9 daycare facilities
• 3 pre-kindergarten centres
• 12 elementary schools (some with daycare services)
  • 1 English-language elementary school
• 2 high schools
• 1 adult education centre
• 2 vocational training centres
• 1 CEGEP: Collège de Valleyfield

  Gault Institute

Gault Institute was created by a man named 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.

  Famous natives

• Armand Frappier, physician and microbiologist

• J. Albert Leduc "Battleship" (1902-1990) protégé of Jack Laviolette, played hockey as a defenceman in the National Hockey League from 1925 to 1935. During that time he won two Stanley Cups in 1930, and 1931 for the Montreal Canadiens. In the 1950, he owned the local Arena and saw his good friend Hector Toe Blake manage the Valleyfield Braves to win the Alexander Cup, awarded to the Canadian Major Senior Hockey Champions. He also owned Les industries Bellerive, a wood mill known to manufacture the "Battleship" hockey sticks and church benches. He was also Valleyfield's first Molson agent.

• Jean Ouimet, politician

• Pierre Cossette (December 15, 1923 – September 11, 2009)[1][2] was a television executive producer and Broadway producer who brought the Grammy Awards to television. Cossette was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005. Born in Valleyfield, Quebec, he also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Jean-Luc Brassard (August 24, 1972) freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the sport's debut as a medal event. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns. Brassard placed 7th when the event was a demonstration sport in 1992, 4th in 1998 and 21st in 2002.
• Anne Minh-Thu Quach, current MP for the electoral district of Beauharnois—Salaberry.

  References

  External links

• Salaberry-de-Valleyfield official website
• Port of Valleyfield
• Photograph of the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Basilica

	Saint Lawrence River / Coteau-du-Lac	Saint Lawrence River / Les Cèdres	Saint Lawrence River / Pointe-des-Cascades
			Beauharnois
		Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
	Saint Lawrence Seaway / Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka	Saint Lawrence Seaway / Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague	Saint Lawrence Seaway / Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois

Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16) Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories Brome-Missisquoi La Haute-Yamaska Acton Pierre-De Saurel Les Maskoutains Rouville Le Haut-Richelieu La Vallée-du-Richelieu Longueuil Marguerite-D'Youville Roussillon Les Jardins-de-Napierville Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Beauharnois-Salaberry Vaudreuil-Soulanges Municipalities Cowansville Granby Sorel-Tracy Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Chambly Saint-Basile-le-Grand Mont-Saint-Hilaire Beloeil Brossard Saint-Lambert Boucherville Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Longueuil Sainte-Julie Varennes La Prairie Candiac Sainte-Catherine Saint-Constant Mercier Châteauguay Beauharnois Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Pincourt Vaudreuil-Dorion Saint-Lazare Administrative divisions of Quebec