Sorel-Tracy | |
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| Ville de Sorel-Tracy | |
 Aerial view of Sorel-Tracy | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM. | |
  Sorel-Tracy Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°02′N 73°07′W / 46.033°N 73.117°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Pierre-De Saurel |
| Constituted | March 15, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Richelieu |
| Area | |
| • Land | 57.28 km2 (22.12 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 30.61 km2 (11.82 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 170.31 km2 (65.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • City | 35,165 |
| • Density | 614/km2 (1,590/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 36,650 |
| • Urban density | 1,197.3/km2 (3,101/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 41,934 |
| • Metro density | 246.2/km2 (638/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  0.7% |
| • Dwellings | 17,069 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-30 |  R-132 R-133 R-223 |
| Website | www |
Sorel-Tracy (/sɔːˈrɛl træˈsiː/; French: [sɔʁɛl tʁaˈsi]) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Champlain Valley. It is located at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre, downstream and northeast of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 35,165. Its mayor is Patrick Péloquin and it is the seat of the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Richelieu.[7]
The city is the result of a voluntary merger in March 2000 between two former municipalities, Sorel and Tracy, which developed on opposite shores of the Richelieu River: Tracy on the west shore and Sorel on the east shore. Sorel itself had annexed in 1992 the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel; today it forms the southern part of its territory.
Sorel was founded in 1642. Tracy was founded on February 10, 1954, but prior to that, it was a parish municipality known as Saint-Joseph de Sorel. (This is not to be confused with the town of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, an independent municipality north of Tracy).
Sorel-Tracy is known for manufacturing related to the steel industry and metallurgy. It has a ferry linking the city to the village of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola. Its shipyard built units of three frigates for the Canadian forces, and two ships in the late 1960s.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
toponymiewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Sorel-Tracy
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
- ^ a b Sorel-Tracy, Ville (Census subdivision), Quebec and Pierre-De Saurel, Municipalité régionale de comté (Census division), Quebec
- ^ 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
- ^ a b c 2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sorel-Tracy (Census agglomeration), Quebec. The census agglomeration consists of Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel and Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel.
- ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.