Joliette is named after its founder, Mr. Barthélemy Joliette, notary in L'Assomption. He married Marie-Charlotte Tarieu Taillant De Lanaudière who had inherited part of the manor of Lavaltrie. In 1823, Mr. Joliette discovered a site favorable to the establishment of a town near the Assomption River, named by Native Americans: 'Outaragavesipi' which meant in Iroquois language: the winding, tortuous.
Residential development in Contrecoeur residential Projects.The closeness to nature, a cycle network and several services,, for parks and green spaces, 30 minutes from Montreal, Contrecoeur is a city of choice to live there.