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Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast 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.http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/?page=schools/joliette-high
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. Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
7.1% of residents were visible minorities, 2.4% were Indigenous, and the remaining 90.5% were white/European. The largest visible minority groups were Black (3.1%), Latin American (1.7%) and Arab (1.3%).
French language was the mother tongue of 92.3% of residents. Other common first languages were Spanish language (1.2%), English language (1.1%), Arabic (0.8%) and Atikamekw (0.5%). 1.0% claimed both French and English as mother tongues, and 0.9% listed both French and a non-official language.
65.6% of residents were Christian, down from 85.4% in 2011. 58.2% were Catholic Church, 4.7% were Christian n.o.s, 0.7% and were Protestantism. All other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions made up 1.9% of the population. 31.3% of the population were non-religious or secular, up from 11.8% in 2011. The only named non-Christians religions with a significant following in Joliette were Islam (2.4%) and Buddhism (0.3%). All other religions and spiritual traditions made up 0.5% of the population.
Joliette Institution for Women, a prison of the Correctional Service of Canada, is in this town.
In the center of the city is Galeries Joliette, which has nearly 100 retailers as well as a 5-storey office building.
Commission scolaire des Samares operates Francophone public schools;
Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board:
Private schools:
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