Postal Code: J6E 1B7

Joliette
City
Ville de Joliette
Joliette in 2025
Coat of arms
Location within Joliette RCM
Joliette Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°01′N 73°27′W / 46.017°N 73.450°W / 46.017; -73.450
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	Joliette
Constituted	November 12, 1966; 59 years ago (November 12, 1966)
Government
• Mayor	Pierre-Luc Bellerose
• Federal riding	Joliette
• Prov. riding	Joliette
Area
• City	23.60 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
• Land	22.96 km2 (8.86 sq mi)
• Urban	39.03 km2 (15.07 sq mi)
• Metro	108.66 km2 (41.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• City	21,384
• Density	891.8/km2 (2,310/sq mi)
• Urban	49,246
• Urban density	1,261.7/km2 (3,268/sq mi)
• Metro	52,706
• Metro density	485/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	6.6%
• Dwellings	10,285
Demonym(s)	Joliettain, Joliettaine
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J6E
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-31	R-131 R-158 R-343
Website	www.joliette.ca

Joliette (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt] ^ⓘ) is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River. It is also the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. Founded in 1823 by Barthélemy Joliette and his wife Marie-Charlotte de Lanaudière. Joliette named it L'Industrie to "design [it] around economic activity, mills, land development and a desire to create a durable centre on the L’Assomption River." In 1863, the city incorporated, and changed its name to Joliette.

Considered part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal, the city is home to the Musée d'art de Joliette, which has a permanent collection of more than 8,300 works of art: paintings, sculpture, art on paper and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.

In the 2021 Census of Population, conducted by Statistics Canada, Joliette had a population of 21,384 living in 10,568 of its 11,153 total private dwellings, an increase of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 20,484. With a land area of 22.96 km² (8.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 931.4/km² (2,412.2/sq mi) in 2021.

Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette.The Joliette Institution for Women, a prison of the Correctional Service of Canada, is also located there.

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

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

• Diocese of Joliette
• St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral

• Francine Racette - actress
• Charles Richard-Hamelin - concert pianist
• Paul Tellier - businessman and public servant
• Marie-Hélène Turcotte - animated film director and artist
• Guy Larose - professional wrestler

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  Portrait of businessman Barthélemy Joliette, postcard, 1936.
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  The village of Joliette, Place Lavaltrie, postcard, n.d.
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  General store J.P. Richard, postcard, 1910.
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  Sr. Roche le Couvent de Joliette, postcard, 1930.
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  Couvent des soeurs de la Charité de la Providence de Saint-Thomas de Joliette, postcard, 1930.
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  L’Assomption River seen from a bridge in Joliette, 2009.
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  Joliette Bishropic, 2009.
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  The Antoine-Lacombe House, built ca. 1840, located in Saint-Charles Borromée, and classified an historic monument. Photographed in 2008.
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  Facade of the local courthouse and prison, 1978.
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  Joliette's sky in winter, 2008.

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