Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (, ) is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal, roughly halfway between Montreal and the Canada–United States border with the state of Vermont. It straddles the west and east banks of the Richelieu River (which is accompanied by a canal) at the northernmost navigable point of Lake Champlain. As of December 2019, the population was 98,036. The city has experienced steady growth, up from the official 2021 Census count of 97,873 residents. It hosts the annual International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,

1775 siege of the American Revolutionary War

administrative sector in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, former town