SAINTE-FOY

city, Qubec region, southern Quebec province, Canada. Although chiefly a residential suburb of Quebec city, Sainte-Foy has some zoned industrial development in Colbert and Jean Talon parks. Originally named after a village in France, the settlement was called Notre-Dame-de-Foy after a canonical parish was formed in 1698, but the shorter name prevailed. Sainte-Foy was the scene of a French victory over the British in 1760, a year after the fall of Quebec. The arrival of British naval forces, however, forced the withdrawal of the French to Montreal. The new campus of Laval University (founded 1852 in Quebec city) occupies the city's eastern boundaries. Sainte-Foy is also the site of Marymount and Saint-Lawrence colleges and a provincial aquarium. Since 1950 there has been rapid industrial growth due to the city's central location on both national railways and several major highways and its proximity to Quebec's airport and the only regional bridge spanning the St. Lawrence River. Inc. city, 1955. Pop. (1991) 71,133.