Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | |
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| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | |
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in spring | |
Location within Thérèse-De Blainville RCM. | |
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°46′N 73°49′W / 45.767°N 73.817°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Thérèse-De Blainville |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-René Labelle |
| • Federal riding | Mirabel |
| • Prov. riding | Blainville |
| Area | |
• City | 94.40 km2 (36.45 sq mi) |
| • Land | 93.44 km2 (36.08 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• City | 15,221 |
| • Density | 162.9/km2 (422/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,269 |
| • Urban density | 2,768.8/km2 (7,171/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 | 5.5% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 450 and 579 |
| Highways | R-335 |
| Website | www |
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t an de plɛn]) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, 40 kilometres (25 mi) 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 (multi-level security), housing Special Handling Unit (SHU), Canada's highest-security unit; Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (maximum security), and the Regional Mental Health Centre (multi). It also has the Archambault Institution. Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines got city status in 1987