| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.0333°N -80°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pierre-De Saurel |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | May 1, 1907 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Olivar Gravel |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Richelieu |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.40 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.38 |
| Population Total: | 1642 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1192.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Median after-tax income |
| Population Blank2: | $20,256 per year |
| Population Blank3 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank3: | 931 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel is a town in the Regional county municipality of Pierre-De Saurel, in Montérégie, Quebec. It is located north of the Tracy section of Sorel-Tracy. Champlain Street marks the town's southern limit from Sorel-Tracy, and the rest of the town is surrounded by water (either Saint Lawrence River or Richelieu River).
As it is the case with neighboring municipalities, metallurgy plays a significant role in the town's economy. The Sorel-Tracy based QIT et Titane has a facility which occupies the western part of the town, while the eastern part of the town is essentially home to the Les Forges de Sorel company. This leaves the central part as the only portion of the town that is fully residential. The population of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel was 1,677 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.36km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Population trend:[5]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,642 | 2.1% | |
| 2011 | 1,677 | 0.5% | |
| 2006 | 1,686 | 4.1% | |
| 2001 | 1,758 | 6.2% | |
| 1996 | 1,875 | 9.4% | |
| 1991 | 2,069 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2016)[6]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,580 | 96.93% | |
| English only | 35 | 2.15% | |
| Both English & French | 10 | 0.61% | |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.61% |