Businesses in Sorel-Tracy

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Sorel-Tracy

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Restaurants	81	18 years
Health and medical	49	22 years
Public administration	40	27 years
Shopping	37	19 years
Personal services	32	20 years
Financial services	32	20 years
Construction of buildings	31	20 years
Car repair	30	22 years
Clothing stores	30	17 years
Professional membership organizations	29	24 years
Electronics stores	29	17 years
Real estate	27	21 years
Automotive	27	21 years
Shopping other	26	17 years
Lawyers legal	24	20 years
Accountants	24	22 years
Other construction	24	18 years
Gas station	23	22 years
Wholesale of machinery	22	18 years
Dentists	20	21 years
Hairdressers	20	22 years
Beauty salons	17	19 years
Trade unions	15	20 years

Sorel-Tracy Facts

Area	59.8 km²
Population	38,006
Male Population	18,354 (48.3%)
Female Population	19,652 (51.7%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+27.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+11.1%
Median Age	50.3 years (Male: 48.7, Female: 51.5)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$29,167 (2022)
Area Codes	450
Neighborhoods	Tracy, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Laval, Sainte-Rose
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	46.03336, -73.11585
Postal Codes	J3P, J3R

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Sorel-Tracy Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	29,833	32,895	34,207	35,767	38,006	39,031	39,915
Population Density	499.3 / km²	550.5 / km²	572.5 / km²	598.6 / km²	636.1 / km²	653.2 / km²	668 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sorel-Tracy Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 11.1% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Sorel-Tracy	+27.4%	+15.5%	+11.1%
Quebec	—	—	—
Canada	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sorel-Tracy Median Age

Median Age: 50.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Sorel-Tracy	50.3 yrs	51.5 yrs	48.7 yrs
Quebec	42.2 yrs	43.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Canada	40.6 yrs	41.5 yrs	39.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Sorel-Tracy Population Density

Population Density: 636 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Sorel-Tracy	38,006	59.8 km²	636 / km²
Quebec	7 million	1,519,626.9 km²	4.6 / km²
Canada	35.5 million	9,875,295.4 km²	3.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sorel-Tracy Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1780 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Postal Codes

Percentage of businesses by Postal Codes in Sorel-Tracy

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Sorel-Tracy

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Sorel-Tracy Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$18,819	$21,682	$26,102	$25,029	$25,586	$27,960	$27,777	$29,167
Total GDP	$609.7M	$753.2M	$899.6M	$884.5M	$899.4M	$1B	$1.1B	$1.1B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Sorel-Tracy CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Sorel-Tracy	515,673 tn	13.57 tn	8,630.5 tons/km²
Quebec	96,902,370 tn	13.87 tn	63.8 tons/km²
Canada	521,999,336 tn	14.7 tn	52.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Sorel-Tracy CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	515,673 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	13.57 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	8,630.5 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (6)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
10/10/12	4:19 AM	3.93	33.1 km	8,550 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
4/15/10	5:06 PM	3	78.8 km	18,000 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
5/11/06	6:35 AM	3	38.3 km	5,000 m	St. Lawrence Valley region, Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
4/8/05	4:32 AM	3.4	36.1 km	18,000 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
6/1/02	11:35 AM	3.2	76 km	18,000 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
2/11/02	11:41 AM	3.8	26.8 km	10,000 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
10/31/99	8:14 PM	4.2	95.6 km	18,000 m	Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada	usgs.gov
4/3/97	4:44 AM	3.5	61.2 km	5,000 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
8/20/95	4:15 PM	3.3	70.5 km	18,000 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov
11/16/93	9:31 AM	3.8	99.1 km	17,100 m	southern Quebec, Canada	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Sorel-Tracy

Sorel-Tracy (/sɔːˈrɛl træˈsiː/; French: [sɔʁɛl tʁaˈsi]) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of L..

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