Explore Sainte-Foy, 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-Foy, 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-Foy 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-Foy.
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-Foy |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Québec; Capitale-Nationale |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.769444 |
| Longitude | -71.308333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G1W |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | ERKFB |
Sainte-Foy is a administrative sector in Québec; Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Sainte-Foy is located at 46.7694°N, 71.3083°W.
Sainte-Foy commands a high vantage point overlooking the St. Lawrence, where the land rises sharply toward the Coteau Sainte-Geneviève. It lies 3.7 km east-north-east of Vieux-Cap-Rouge, QC (from Vieux-Cap-Rouge, QC: bearing 70°T), and is situated 9.1 km west-south-west of Québec. The air here holds the crisp, metallic edge of the northern current, and at dusk, the light softens against the slopes, turning the horizon into a muted palette of slate and pale amber. To the west, the Rivière du Cap Rouge carves a quiet path through the terrain, while the surrounding landscape is marked by the proximity of Chutes de la Chaudière, located about 6 km away, and the calm basin of Lac Saint-Augustin, resting some 7 km from the central plateau. In the quiet hours, one can sense the weight of the river below, a vast and moving presence that defines the boundaries of the earth. Sainte-Foy functions as a vital anchor for the region, balancing the academic rigor of its major university campuses with a steady, industrious economy. Long settled by those who sought the strategic advantage of the heights, the land retains an atmosphere of purposeful movement, where students and professionals navigate a landscape of modern commerce and historic persistence. Life in Sainte-Foy proceeds with a measured intensity, punctuated by the seasonal shift of the trees and the persistent, low hum of the transit arteries that link the district to the wider world. It is a location of transition, where the legacy of earlier eras persists in the architecture and the deliberate, orderly layout of the streets, grounding the present in a long-standing tradition of stewardship over this specific stretch of the river valley.
Sainte-Foy s’étire le long des rives du Saint-Laurent, là où le sol s’élève avec assurance vers le Coteau Sainte-Geneviève pour offrir une vigie naturelle sur l’immensité du fleuve. L’air y possède une densité particulière, chargée de cette humidité vivifiante qui remonte des profondeurs, tandis que la Rivière du Cap Rouge trace sa course paisible à travers le relief, sculptant le paysage de ses méandres discrets. À quelques lieues de là, les Chutes de la Chaudière grondent dans une cadence sourde, distillant une brume qui adoucit les contours du crépuscule, tandis que le Lac Saint-Augustin dort, miroir immobile reflétant la transition entre les plateaux agricoles d’autrefois et l’effervescence moderne. Sainte-Foy conserve dans sa terre même la mémoire des premiers défrichements, quand les familles apprenaient à lire les signes du ciel au-dessus de ces étendues fertiles. Aujourd’hui, le rythme quotidien s’y déploie entre les institutions du savoir et le passage des navires, une existence rythmée par la lumière changeante qui dévale les pentes vers l’eau. Les résidents habitent ces hauteurs avec une familiarité tranquille, conscients que chaque rue, chaque courbe du terrain, appartient à cette géographie souveraine où le fleuve dicte, par son souffle, la mesure du temps et la permanence des choses.
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Explore Sainte-Foy, 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: 46.769444, -71.308333. 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-Foy includes the postal code (G1W), 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-Foy 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) |