History of Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

The City of Saint-Pie, located at the southeast end of the Les Maskoutains regional county municipality, is part of the administrative region of Montérégie. The city occupies an area of about 106 square kilometers. The Black River runs through the municipality to the west. It becomes the Yamaska River when arriving in Saint-Hyacinthe.

Formerly, on the territory of the current Saint-Pie were parts of the seigniories of Debartzch, Dessaules, Mondelet and Yamaska.

Here are some names of the oldest families of Saint-Pie (in alphabetical order): Benoit, Beaudry, Beauregard, Blais, Bousquet, Plamondon, Charron, Chicoine, Cordeau, Despars, Grisé, Lussier, Ménard, Normandin, Morin, Pontbriand, Roy , St-Pierre, Tétreault, Théberge.

Saint-Pie was well known throughout the region for its shoe factory, its factory for manufacturing farm implements, as well as the Sanair drag strip. The furniture industry is very developed there, because a certain number of manufacturing companies work there, in particular, the Lacasse Group and the Dutailier Group.