Explore Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, 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 Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, 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 Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare 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 Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare.
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.
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| Place | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare; Joliette |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.083333 |
| Longitude | -73.55 |
| Population | 4,090 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J6E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ESJNR |
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare is a municipality in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare; Joliette, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare is located at 46.0833°N, 73.5500°W.
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare rests upon a landscape defined by the modest, purposeful rise of the Mont Saint-Jean and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the Rivière L'Assomption. It lies 10.6 km north-west of Joliette, QC (from Joliette, QC: bearing 309°T), and is situated 13.0 km east-north-east of Rawdon. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the land holds a quiet stillness, punctuated by the distance to Lac Andy and the hidden, cascading energy of Chutes Mason. At the edges of the day, the light here slants low against the fields, catching the moisture in the air and turning the horizon into a muted, silver-grey ink wash. The terrain possesses a singular, stoic gravity, where the horizon feels close enough to touch, anchoring the houses and the sparse, hard-working woodlots to the earth with an unyielding, horizontal clarity. The history of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare rises from a tradition of agrarian resilience, shaped by families who settled the heavy soil and turned the surrounding woods toward a small-scale, productive economy. Local life moves with the practical demands of the seasons, maintaining a focus on agricultural production and the steady maintenance of the land that has supported generations. There is a distinct, sharp scent of pine and cooling silt that rises from the Rivière L'Assomption during the autumn thaw, a reminder of the water that once powered the early aspirations of the region. Even now, the daily routines of the people reflect a careful, deliberate stewardship, keeping the character of the settlement focused on its roots while the modern world moves past the outskirts of the fields.
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare s'éveille sous une lumière argentée qui semble stagner sur les terres fertiles, là où le sol garde la mémoire des premiers défrichements agricoles. Le paysage se déploie avec une lenteur souveraine, dominé par la silhouette tranquille du Mont Saint-Jean qui veille sur l'horizon, tandis que les méandres de la Rivière L'Assomption serpentent à travers le territoire, imposant une cadence fluide aux journées. À quelques lieues, le Lac Andy offre ses eaux calmes aux reflets changeants, et le fracas discret des Chutes Mason ponctue la quiétude des bois environnants, rappelant la puissance contenue d'une nature généreuse. L'âme de Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare se révèle dans cette persistance des anciens sillons, dans le parfum des foins coupés qui s'attarde sous le ciel crépusculaire et dans l'économie laborieuse qui a su dompter cette terre exigeante. Les habitants, héritiers d'une patience transmise par les générations, entretiennent une relation privilégiée avec ce relief vallonné, préférant la discrétion des chemins ruraux à l'agitation des grands centres, garantissant ainsi que la sérénité des lieux demeure intacte. Ici, chaque saison modifie la texture du terroir sans jamais altérer la dignité austère et la beauté sobre de ce domaine qui s'étend vers les contreforts des Laurentides, offrant aux regards attentifs un équilibre rare entre la rigueur du climat et la douceur d'une vie ordonnée.
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Explore Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, 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: 46.083333, -73.55. 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 Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare includes the postal code (J6E), 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 Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare 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) |