La Prairie, Quebec
La Prairie | |
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Old La Prairie in 2025 | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Victor Hostium et Sui (Latin for "Master of our Enemies and Oneself") | |
Location within Roussillon RCM | |
La Prairie Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′N 73°30′W / 45.42°N 73.5°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Roussillon |
| Constituted | March 30, 1846 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Frédéric Galantai |
| • Federal riding | La Prairie |
| • Prov. riding | La Prairie |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.80 km2 (21.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 43.47 km2 (16.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 26,406 |
| • Density | 607.4/km2 (1,573/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 | 9.5% |
| • Dwellings | 11,309 |
| Demonym(s) | Laprairien,(ienne) (French) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways A-15 A-30 | R-104 R-132 R-134 R-217 |
| Website | www |
La Prairie (French pronunciation: [la pʁɛʁi]) is an off-island suburb (south shore) of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 26,406.