Explore Sainte-Dorothée, 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 Sainte-Dorothée, 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 Sainte-Dorothée 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 Sainte-Dorothée.
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 | Sainte-Dorothée |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Laval; Laval |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.533333 |
| Longitude | -73.816667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | H7X |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EHZIC |
Sainte-Dorothée is a administrative sector in Laval; Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sainte-Dorothée is located at 45.5333°N, 73.8167°W.
Sainte-Dorothée rests on the low, level lands that define the northern edge of the St. Lawrence, where the air holds a persistent, cool moisture drawn from the moving water. It lies 20.6 km west of Montréal, QC (from Montréal, QC: bearing 278°T), and is situated 6.0 km west-south-west of Laval. The light at dusk settles heavily upon the Plateau des Chênes, turning the flat, open fields into a deep, bruised violet before the stars emerge. While the Rivière du Chicot flows quietly some 6 km away, the presence of the broader river dictates the mood of the land, grounding Sainte-Dorothée in a landscape that feels perpetually expectant. Further afield, the horizon is marked by the distant blue silhouettes of Lac Saint-Louis at 15 km and the protected reaches of Parc national d'Oka at 17 km, creating a sense of containment within the wider valley. Originally rooted in the seasonal cycles of agriculture, Sainte-Dorothée has transitioned into a residential enclave that retains the quietude of its rural foundations. The local economy relies on the daily movement of people toward the urban core, yet the neighborhood preserves a distinct character defined by the persistence of its older, narrow roads and the remnants of orchards that once dominated the horizon. Residents move through their days with a focus on the immediate tasks of life, finding a particular beauty in the way the morning fog clings to the fences and gardens after a rain. Throughout the seasons, the persistence of the land asserts itself against the encroaching suburban sprawl, leaving Sainte-Dorothée as a place where the history of the soil is still visible beneath the asphalt.
Sainte-Dorothée s’étire avec une langueur paisible sur les rives du Saint-Laurent, là où la lumière du crépuscule dépose une patine dorée sur les terres basses du Plateau des Chênes. Le terrain, façonné par une longue mémoire agricole, conserve encore quelques échos de ses vergers anciens, bien que le rythme urbain de Laval s'y installe désormais avec une régularité méthodique. À six kilomètres de distance, la Rivière du Chicot serpente discrètement vers l'horizon, tandis que les vastes étendues du Lac Saint-Louis, situées à quinze kilomètres, et les reliefs boisés du Parc national d'Oka, à dix-sept kilomètres, forment les limites lointaines d'un horizon familier. Sainte-Dorothée accueille les résidents dans une atmosphère où l'humidité du fleuve adoucit les contours des architectures contemporaines et des avenues résidentielles. L'air y possède une texture particulière, chargée de la fraîcheur des courants qui remontent les berges, instaurant une quiétude que seul interrompt le passage régulier des véhicules sur les artères principales. Les habitants observent le ciel changer au-dessus de cette plaine fertile, savourant une existence rythmée par les nuances changeantes de l'eau et le souffle régulier qui parcourt ces espaces ouverts, préservant une identité singulière entre la force tranquille du fleuve et l'agitation grandissante de la métropole voisine.
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Explore Sainte-Dorothée, 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: 45.533333, -73.816667. 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 Sainte-Dorothée includes the postal code (H7X), 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 Sainte-Dorothée 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) |