Explore Carignan, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carignan, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Carignan and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Carignan.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Carignan |
| Type | Town |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Carignan; La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.465741 |
| Longitude | -73.330307 |
| Population | 11,740 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G9X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EFTWK |
Carignan is a town in Carignan; La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Carignan is located at 45.4657°N, 73.3303°W.
Carignan rests upon a low, fertile plain where the horizon feels wide and the air holds the damp, cool weight of the water. It lies 18.1 km east-south-east of Montréal, QC (from Montréal, QC: bearing 105°T), and is situated 9.5 km south-east of Longueuil. The land here gathers along the shore of Rivière Richelieu, shaped by the steady, dark flow of the Rivière L'Acadie that divides the fields. To the horizon, the silhouette of Colline Brûlée rises as a quiet presence against the sky, while the deep greens of Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno anchor the distance. At dusk, the light catches the surface of the rivers, turning the water into a sheet of hammered silver that reflects the slow, darkening shift of the clouds above the flat horizon. The character of Carignan draws its strength from the cycles of the earth and the long history of those who first tilled this heavy soil. While the economy has shifted from the early clearings and homesteads into a quiet residential life, the surrounding fields still hold the memory of the plow, and the pace of the day follows the sun rather than the clock. Life in Carignan moves with the seasons, from the spring thaw that swells the banks of the rivers to the autumn chill that settles over the low-lying terrain. Residents find a singular stillness here, a sense of belonging to a landscape that remains open and unpretentious, where the primary landmarks are the enduring lines of the water and the distant, dark slope of the hill.
Carignan déploie ses terres basses sous une lumière qui semble hésiter, capturée entre les reflets changeants de la Rivière Richelieu et la lenteur paisible de la Rivière L'Acadie. À l'horizon, la silhouette de la Colline Brûlée rappelle une géographie de patience, tandis que le Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno, distant de quelques lieues, impose sa présence silencieuse sur la ligne du ciel. Les racines agricoles de Carignan persistent dans le dessin des champs, là où l'air porte encore l'humidité des berges et le souvenir d'une vie rythmée par la montée des eaux. Les habitants observent le crépuscule glisser sur les surfaces planes, une clarté particulière qui baigne les vergers et les anciennes granges d'une teinte cuivrée. Cette terre, marquée par des siècles de labeur paysan et de proximité avec les éléments, conserve une allure de tranquillité robuste. Les routes suivent le tracé ancien des concessions, longeant les méandres des cours d'eau qui définissent le caractère intime du territoire. Entre la rigueur des hivers et le renouveau des récoltes, Carignan demeure un espace où le regard porte loin, porté par le souffle constant venant des plaines qui s'étirent sans fin vers les limites de l'horizon.
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Explore Carignan, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.465741, -73.330307. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Carignan includes the postal code (G9X), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Carignan is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |