Sainte-Foy, Quebec City

According to the 2006 Canadian Census:

• Population: 76,262
• % change (2001–2006): +5.1
• Dwellings: 40,487
• Number of families: 20,680
• Area (km²): 83.87 km²
• Density (persons per km²): 909.3

In 1669, missionary priest Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot erected a chapel for the Huron, dedicated to Notre-Dame de la Foy. The name means Our Lady of Faith. Sainte-Foy developed around the chapel, first as a small settlement of Christian Indians, added to by traders and merchants.

The Battle of Sainte-Foy on April 28, 1760, sometimes called the Battle of Quebec, was a victory for the French in the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War for the North American front). Their forces were commanded by Chevalier de Lévis and defeated the British army under James Murray. This battle proved to be much bloodier than the battle of the Plains of Abraham the previous September, with higher total casualties on both sides – 833 French casualties and 1,124 British. Despite this the French were unable to take Quebec and it was to be the last French victory in the Seven Years' War, which the British ultimately won. France ceded its territories in North America east of the Mississippi River to the British.

Sainte-Foy's long-time flamboyant mayor, Andrée Boucher, was defeated when she ran for mayor of the amalgamated Quebec City. She became a radio host. In 2005, she ran again for mayor after Jean-Paul L'Allier retired. This time she won, without hiring an election team or paying for media advertisements, and with making very few public appearances or debates. She has since died since her last political position.

• Cité universitaire – centred around Université Laval, it has a very large student population. The majority of Saint-Foy's commercial activity is found along Laurier Boulevard, such as Laurier Québec, Place Sainte-Foy and Place de la Cité shopping malls. A number of large hotels and office buildings line the boulevard and this area has become one of the city's major commercial centres.
• Saint-Louis – leafy residential area south of Laurier Boulevard towards the river. Contains the Aquarium du Québec.
• Plateau – sprawling suburban area north of Boulevard Laurier, featuring post-war single storey houses and an abundance of 1960s apartment blocks.

Commercial district

• Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy – recent large residential development, centred on the Campanile shopping street. The neighbourhood consists mostly of large modern condo and apartment blocks.
• L'Aéroport – industrial area centred on the Jean Lesage International Airport with many big-box stores. L'Aéroport district's land was initially part of the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette —later the independent city of L'Ancienne-Lorette. L'Aéroport's territory was merged into the formerly independent city of Sainte-Foy's jurisdiction in 1971. However, L'Aéroport became a district of the former borough of Laurentien, in 2002. When Laurentien was dissolved as an administrative entity as part of the 2009 reorganization of Quebec City's boroughs, L'Aéroport became a district of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge.

Aeropro has its head office on the grounds of Jean Lesage Airport in Sainte-Foy.[5][6] It conducts business charters and recreational and sightseeing flights[7] Prior to its dissolution, regional airline Air Nova had its Quebec offices in Sainte-Foy.[8]

Major companies operating in the district include PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Microsoft and the headquarters of SSQ Financial Group.

Sainte-Foy is at the northern end of the Quebec Bridge, which links to the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at Lévis.

Louis-Jacques Casault Pavillon at Université Laval

Sainte-Foy is also the site of many educational institutions:

• Université Laval
• Cégep Sainte-Foy
• Cégep Garneau
• Collège de Champigny
• Champlain College St. Lawrence
• Rochebelle High School –
• Collège des Compagnons –
• Université du Québec École Nationale d'Administration Publique

Sainte-Foy station is a VIA Rail station on the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.[9] It is roughly three kilometres from the Gare d'Autocar de Ste-Foy,[10] and ten kilometres from Jean Lesage Airport.

The Gare d'Autocar is a regional hub for Orleans Express, Intercar, the Réseau de transport de la Capitale, the Société de transport de Lévis, and several regional government-funded shuttles, for example Portneuf.[11]

Air France has a bus service from Sainte-Foy bus station to Montreal Dorval Airport for its customers only.[12]

Sainte-Foy possesses has three ice hockey rinks, one sports centre, 33 soccer fields, 2 Interior Pools, 13 exterior pools, three cinemas, one theatre, Laurier Québec, Place de La Cite, and La Pyramide. Sainte-Foy also has excellent representation in all sports: the Governors in hockey, the Caravelles and Arsenal in soccer, and the Musketeers ESCC in basketball.

• Yves Bélanger, cinematographer and Canadian Screen Award recipient[17]
• Sylvie Bernier, Olympic diver and 1984 gold medalist[18]
• Lionel Fleury, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Quebec Amateur Hockey Association
• Simon Gagné, ice hockey player[19]
• Jean Leloup, singer and songwriter also known as "John the Wolf"
• Steve Penney, ice hockey goaltender
• Patrick Roy, ice hockey goaltender[20]
• Marianna O'Gallagher, Irish-Quebecer historian

• Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec
• Sillery
• Cap-Rouge
• Laurentien

• Modification aux arrondissements (archive Chartrand, Rene (2000). Canadian Military Heritage. Casemate Publishing. ISBN 2-920718-51-7).

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