Joliette, Quebec, Canada

🇨🇦 Joliette is a city in south-west Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 km (31 mi) north-east of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.

Joliette has 3 Francophone high schools and 1 Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière.

It was founded as L'Industrie by the businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863, when it changed its name to Joliette.

The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.

Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.

Government and infrastructure Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.

Joliette Institution for Women, a prison of the Correctional Service of Canada, is in this town.

Economy The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city.

In the centre of the city is Galeries Joliette, which has nearly 100 retailers as well as a 5-storey office building.

Local institutions Post-secondary: • Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette  - Collège Constituent de Joliette

Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone public schools; • École secondaire Thérèse-Martin • École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette • École Primaire Les Mélèzes • École Primaire Saint-Pierre (Marie-Charlotte)

Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board: • Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée • Joliette High School

Private schools: • Académie Antoine-Manseau  (francophone)

Diocese • Diocese of Joliette • St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral