Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a city in southwestern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, northwest of Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. The population estimate for the city in 2011 was 13,700, up from 13,001 in the 2006 census. Its area was 92.23 square kilometres, with a population density of 149 people per square kilometre.

The city houses the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Complex of the Correctional Service of Canada, which includes the Regional Reception Centre, (multi-level security) Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution (minimum security), the Regional Mental Health Centre (multi), the Federal Training Centre (minimum), and the Special Handling Unit

Special Handling Unit

The Special Handling Unit is Canada's highest security prison. It is co-located with the Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institution and the Regional Reception Centre, at the Correctional Service of Canada complex at Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec . As of 2008, there were 90 prisoners at the SHU...

 (SHU), Canada's highest-security prison.

Communities

• Domaine Normandie
• Lac-des-Plaine
• Lepage
• Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines