Explore Centre-Saint-François, 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 Centre-Saint-François, 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 Centre-Saint-François 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 Centre-Saint-François.
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 | Centre-Saint-François |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Sainte-Barbe; Le Haut-Saint-Laurent |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.177027 |
| Longitude | -74.270541 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J7X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | EONNO |
Centre-Saint-François is a locality in Sainte-Barbe; Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Centre-Saint-François is located at 45.1770°N, 74.2705°W.
Centre-Saint-François rests as a quiet point of contact between the land and the vast, reflective expanse of Lake St. Francis. It lies 13.9 km south-west of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC (from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC: bearing 231°T), and is situated 14.8 km south-south-west of Coteau-du-Lac. The terrain holds the memory of the water, defined by the low, steady rise of the Coteau de la Rivière La Guerre that shelters the horizon. Nearby, the Rivière Beaudette moves with a deliberate, dark clarity, its currents carving through the earth to feed the lake. When the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the surface of the water, turning the reeds and the shoreline into a shimmering, bruised violet that seems to hold the day in place long after the shadows have lengthened. Life in Centre-Saint-François follows the seasonal pulse of the surrounding agricultural fields, where the soil has long supported the families of Sainte-Barbe and Le Haut-Saint-Laurent. The local economy persists in the quiet labor of cultivation and the maintenance of the waterways that define the movement of people and goods. History here is found in the simple endurance of farmsteads and the way the wind carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain across the open flats. Even with Parc national d'Oka situated 39 km away, the focus of Centre-Saint-François stays fixed on the immediate horizon, where the sky meets the lake and the day-to-day work of the region continues with a grounded, steady grace.
Centre-Saint-François s'étire avec une patience tranquille sur les rives du lac St. Francis, là où la terre semble hésiter avant de s'effacer devant l'immensité des eaux. Le paysage, marqué par la proximité du Coteau de la Rivière La Guerre, offre un relief doux, presque insaisissable, façonné par les vents qui remontent la Rivière Beaudette. Ici, le ciel descend bas, déposant sur les champs une lumière changeante qui souligne la rigueur des labours et la persistance des traditions agricoles. Centre-Saint-François conserve cette allure des terres frontalières où le travail de la terre dicte le rythme des journées, loin du tumulte, dans un équilibre préservé par le silence des plaines. À mesure que le crépuscule s'installe, la clarté se fragmente sur la surface du lac St. Francis, révélant la silhouette isolée des arbres le long des berges. Bien que le Parc national d'Oka se dessine à une distance lointaine, l'horizon immédiat appartient entièrement à cette plaine fertile, baignée par les eaux nourricières et le souffle régulier de la Rivière Beaudette. Chaque parcelle de sol rappelle l'attachement viscéral des familles qui ont su lire, dans la texture de cette terre, la promesse d'une vie humble, exigeante et profondément liée aux cycles immuables de l'eau et du climat.
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Explore Centre-Saint-François, 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: 45.177027, -74.270541. 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 Centre-Saint-François includes the postal code (J7X), 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 Centre-Saint-François 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) |