Explore Saint-Damien, 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-Damien, 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-Damien 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-Damien.
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 | Saint-Damien |
| Type | Parish Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Damien; Matawinie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.33481 |
| Longitude | -73.479407 |
| Population | 2,393 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J6E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHZBE |
Saint-Damien is a parish municipality in Saint-Damien; Matawinie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Saint-Damien is located at 46.3348°N, 73.4794°W.
Saint-Damien rests within a rugged stretch of the Canadian Shield, where the earth rises into the prominence of Le Pain de Sucre to anchor the horizon. It lies 34.7 km north of Joliette, QC (from Joliette, QC: bearing 355°T), and is situated 8.7 km west-north-west of Saint-Gabriel. The air here holds a crisp, persistent clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the surrounding woods as evening settles over the terrain. Beyond the immediate rise of the land, Lac Parent sits tucked into the landscape three kilometers away, its surface often mirroring the stillness of the afternoon. Further afield, the Rivière Matambin follows its course roughly five kilometers from the heart of Saint-Damien, carving a path through the quiet, forested reaches of the Matawinie. The light at dusk turns the pine needles a deep, burnished bronze, casting long shadows that emphasize the solid, enduring character of the ground. Agriculture and forestry have long defined the practical life of Saint-Damien, grounding the residents in the seasonal work of the land and the timber that blankets the hills. The local economy relies on the steady, deliberate pace of these industries, which have sustained families through generations of changing winters. Traditions here are quiet and private, kept within the warmth of homes that look out toward the distant, darkened slopes. Visitors often find that the stillness of the woods provides a necessary gravity, a sense of belonging to a place that asks for little more than a respectful acknowledgement of its wild, unyielding beauty.
Saint-Damien s'étire avec une patience minérale sous le regard immobile du Pain de Sucre, dont la masse rocheuse domine les terres de la Matawinie d'une présence ancienne et silencieuse. À trois kilomètres de là, le Lac Parent retient dans ses eaux les nuances changeantes du ciel, offrant aux résidents une étendue calme qui rythme les heures suspendues entre le labeur et le repos. La Rivière Matambin, située à environ cinq kilomètres, trace un sillon humide à travers le relief accidenté, rappelant aux habitants la force lente des courants qui ont façonné ces vallées. La terre ici exige une certaine rigueur, héritée des premiers défrichements où la forêt cédait lentement la place à des champs agricoles plus ouverts. Saint-Damien cultive une identité forgée par le travail du sol et le respect des rudesses climatiques, conservant une âme qui s'exprime dans la simplicité des gestes quotidiens. Lorsque la lumière décline, le relief s'adoucit, révélant la texture brute des boisés qui enveloppent les habitations. La vie se déploie dans cette proximité avec une nature austère mais généreuse, où chaque habitant connaît la mesure du terrain et le souffle particulier qui descend des hauteurs au crépuscule.
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Explore Saint-Damien, 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: 46.33481, -73.479407. 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-Damien 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-Damien 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) |