Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines


Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, 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.
The city has the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Complex of the Correctional Service of Canada, which includes the Regional Reception Centre, housing Special Handling Unit, Canada's highest-security unit; Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution, and the Regional Mental Health Centre. It also has the Archambault Institution.
Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines got city status in 1987

Geography

Communities

  • Domaine des Cyprès - located along Montee Morel with residents north of rue Robert located within Camping Sainte-Anne. Golf Le Champetre located along east side of Morel.
  • Domaine Normandie - located along Boulevard Normandie south of Rang LePage the small community is centred around Lac de Normandie
  • Lac des Plaines - located northwest of La Plaine and centred around Lac des Plaines. Homes along the lake are mostly trailers with fixed homes to the north. Large forest area found just north of the community.
  • Lepage - centred at Rang Lepage and Highway 335 and located just south of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.
  • Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines - largest of the communities along Highway 335. Commercial and other critical services provided here.

Climate

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines has a warm summer humid continental climate with warm or hot summers and cold winters the record low is -41 °C on January 15, 1957 The highest temperature was 36 °C on August 1, 1975

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles operates French-language schools.
  • École primaire de l'Harmonie-Jeunesse
  • École primaire des Moissons
  • École primaire du Bois-Joli
  • École secondaire du Harfang
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates the English-language public schools.