List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

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Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories of Quebec
  • Also known as:
  • Municipalités régionale de comté et territoires équivalents du Québec
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Location Province of Quebec
Number104
Populations7,082 (L'Île-d'Orléans) – 1,942,044 (Montreal)
Areas– 443,372.20 km2 (Kativik)
Government
Subdivisions

This is a list of the regional county municipalities (RCM or MRC) and equivalent territories (TE) in the province of Quebec, Canada. They are given along with their geographical codes as specified by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, and the administrative regions to which they belong.

Contents

RCMs are county-like units of government at the supralocal level. However, not all municipalities belong to an RCM. In order to use RCMs for statistical purposes, some municipalities (mostly Indian reserves) are viewed as belonging to RCMs they do not belong to legally. The possibly enlarged RCMs are called municipalités régionales de comté géographiques (MRCG) as opposed to the legal ones known as municipalités régionales de comté juridiques (MRCJ). The remaining municipalities are grouped into territories equivalent to an RCM (French: territoires équivalents à une MRC) or TEs, which are also considered MRCGs. This way, MRCGs cover the entire territory of Quebec and do not overlap.

There are 87 RCMs and 17 TEs in Quebec, for a total of 104 MRCGs. 14 of the TEs correspond exactly (or very nearly correspond) to cities or urban agglomerations. [1] The only 3 exceptional cases are the TEs of Jamésie, Kativik and Eeyou Istchee. These TEs lie in Northern Quebec and cover large areas with many, mostly small, municipalities.

Because of cooperation between the Institut de la statistique du Québec and Statistics Canada, RCMs and TEs correspond neatly to census divisions in most cases. See the section "Use as census divisions" below.

For further details, see Regional county municipality.

Lists

Municipalities with populations of at least 5,000 as of the 2006 Census are listed, with their legal status in parentheses. Those with populations over 20,000 are highlighted.

The seat of the regional county municipality (RCM) is indicated with an asterisk (*). If its population is less than 5,000, then it appears in italics.

The information concerning (legal) RCMs, including their seats, is taken from the database of municipalities of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales. [2] Information concerning geographical RCMs is taken from a list published by the Ministère de la Faune et des Ressources naturelles. [2] Relevant definitions can be obtained from the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec. [3]

East Québec

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC07 La Matapédia Amqui* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC08 La Matanie Matane* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC09 La Mitis Mont-Joli* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC10 Rimouski-Neigette Rimouski* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC11 Les Basques Trois-Pistoles* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC12 Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC13 Témiscouata Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent MRC14 Kamouraska La Pocatière (V), Saint-Pascal* (V)
11 Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 		TE01 Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (M)
11 Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 		MRC02 Le Rocher-Percé Chandler* (V)
11 Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 		MRC03 La Côte-de-Gaspé Gaspé* (V)
11 Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 		MRC04 La Haute-Gaspésie Sainte-Anne-des-Monts* (V)
11 Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 		MRC05 Bonaventure New Carlisle* (M)
11 Gaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine 		MRC06 Avignon Carleton-sur-Mer* (V)

Quebec City Area

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
03 Capitale-Nationale MRC15 Charlevoix-Est Clermont* (V), La Malbaie (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale MRC16 Charlevoix Baie-Saint-Paul* (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale MRC20 L'Île-d'Orléans Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans* (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale MRC21 La Côte-de-Beaupré Boischatel (M), Château-Richer* (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale MRC22 La Jacques-Cartier Lac-Beauport (M), Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (V), Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier (V), Shannon* (V), Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (CU)
03 Capitale-Nationale TE23 Québec L'Ancienne-Lorette (V), Quebec (V), Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale MRC34 Portneuf Cap-Santé* (V), Donnacona (V), Pont-Rouge (V), Saint-Raymond (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC17 L'Islet Saint-Jean-Port-Joli* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC18 Montmagny Montmagny* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC19 Bellechasse Saint-Henri (M), Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches TE25 Lévis Lévis (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC26 La Nouvelle-Beauce Sainte-Marie* (V), Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC27 Beauce-Centre Beauceville* (V), Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC28 Les Etchemins Lac-Etchemin* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC29 Beauce-Sartigan Saint-Georges* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC31 Les Appalaches Thetford Mines* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches MRC33 Lotbinière Saint-Apollinaire (M), Sainte-Croix* (M)

Eastern Townships

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
05 Estrie MRC30 Le Granit Lac-Mégantic* (V)
05 Estrie MRC40 Les Sources Val-des-Sources* (V)
05 Estrie MRC41 Le Haut-Saint-François Cookshire-Eaton* (V)
05 Estrie MRC42 Le Val-Saint-François Richmond* (V), Windsor (V)
05 Estrie TE43 Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (V)
05 Estrie MRC44 Coaticook Coaticook* (V)
05 Estrie MRC45 Memphrémagog Magog* (V), Orford (CT)
05 Estrie MRC46 Brome-Missisquoi Brome Lake (V), Bromont (V), Cowansville* (V), Farnham (V)
05 Estrie MRC47 La Haute-Yamaska Granby* (V), Shefford (CT)
17 Centre-du-Québec MRC32 L'Érable Plessisville* (V), Princeville (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec MRC38 Bécancour Bécancour* (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec MRC39 Arthabaska Victoriaville* (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec MRC49 Drummond Drummondville* (V)
17 Centre-du-Québec MRC50 Nicolet-Yamaska Nicolet* (V)

Montérégie

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
16 Montérégie MRC48 Acton Acton Vale* (V)
16 Montérégie MRC53 Pierre-De Saurel Sorel-Tracy* (V)
16 Montérégie MRC54 Les Maskoutains Saint-Hyacinthe* (V), Saint-Pie (V),
16 Montérégie MRC55 Rouville Marieville* (V), Richelieu (V), Saint-Césaire (V)
16 Montérégie MRC56 Le Haut-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu* (V)
16 Montérégie MRC57 La Vallée-du-Richelieu Belœil (V), Carignan (V), Chambly (V), McMasterville* (M), Mont-Saint-Hilaire (V), Otterburn Park (V), Saint-Basile-le-Grand (V)
16 Montérégie TE58 Longueuil Boucherville (V), Brossard (V), Longueuil (V), Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (V), Saint-Lambert (V)
16 Montérégie MRC59 Marguerite-D'Youville Contrecoeur (V), Saint-Amable (V), Sainte-Julie* (V), Varennes (V), Verchères* (M)
16 Montérégie MRC67 Roussillon Candiac (V), Châteauguay (V), Delson (V), La Prairie (V), Mercier (V), Saint-Constant* (V), Saint-Philippe (V), Sainte-Catherine (V)
16 Montérégie MRC68 Les Jardins-de-Napierville Napierville* (M), Saint-Rémi (V)
16 Montérégie MRC69 Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Huntingdon* (V)
16 Montérégie MRC70 Beauharnois-Salaberry Beauharnois* (V), Sainte-Martine (M), Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (V)
16 Montérégie MRC71 Vaudreuil-Soulanges Coteau-du-Lac (V), Hudson (V), L'Île-Perrot (V), Les Cèdres (V), Les Coteaux (M), Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot (V), Pincourt (V), Rigaud (V), Saint-Lazare (V), Saint-Zotique (M), Vaudreuil-Dorion* (V),

Montréal and Laval

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
13 Laval TE65 Laval Laval (V)
06 Montréal TE66 Montréal Beaconsfield (V), Côte Saint-Luc (V), Dollard-des-Ormeaux (V), Dorval (V), Hampstead (V), Kirkland (V), Montreal (V), Montreal West (V), Mount Royal (V), Pointe-Claire (V), Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (V), Westmount (V)

Central Québec

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
04 Mauricie MRC35 Mékinac Saint-Tite* (V)
04 Mauricie TE36 Shawinigan Shawinigan
04 Mauricie TE371 Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières
04 Mauricie MRC372 Les Chenaux Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (P), Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes* (M)
04 Mauricie MRC51 Maskinongé Louiseville* (V), Saint-Boniface (M)
04 Mauricie TE90 La Tuque La Tuque (V)
14 Lanaudière MRC52 D'Autray Berthierville* (V), Lanoraie (M), Lavaltrie (V)
14 Lanaudière MRC60 L'Assomption Charlemagne (V), L'Assomption* (V), L'Épiphanie (V), Repentigny (V)
14 Lanaudière MRC61 Joliette Joliette* (V), Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (V), Saint-Charles-Borromée (V), Saint-Paul (M)
14 Lanaudière MRC62 Matawinie Chertsey (M), Rawdon* (M), Saint-Félix-de-Valois (M)
14 Lanaudière MRC63 Montcalm Saint-Calixte (M), Saint-Lin-Laurentides (V), Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, (M), Sainte-Julienne* (M)
14 Lanaudière MRC64 Les Moulins Terrebonne* (V), Mascouche (V)

West Québec

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
07 Outaouais MRC80 Papineau Papineauville* (M)
07 Outaouais TE81 Gatineau Gatineau (V)
07 Outaouais MRC82 Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Cantley (M), Chelsea* (M), L'Ange-Gardien (M), La Pêche (M), Pontiac (M), Val-des-Monts (M)
07 Outaouais MRC83 La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Gracefield* (V)
07 Outaouais MRC84 Pontiac Campbell's Bay* (M)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue MRC85 Témiscamingue Ville-Marie* (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue TE86 Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue MRC87 Abitibi-Ouest La Sarre* (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue MRC88 Abitibi Amos* (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue MRC89 La Vallée-de-l'Or Val-d'Or* (V)
15 Laurentides MRC72 Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes (V), Oka (M), Pointe-Calumet (M), Saint-Eustache* (V), Saint-Joseph-du-Lac (M), Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (V)
15 Laurentides MRC73 Thérèse-De Blainville Blainville (V), Boisbriand (V), Bois-des-Filion (V), Lorraine (V), Rosemère (V), Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (V), Sainte-Thérèse* (V)
15 Laurentides TE74 Mirabel Mirabel
15 Laurentides MRC75 La Rivière-du-Nord Prévost (V), Saint-Colomban (V), Saint-Hippolyte (M), Saint-Jérôme* (V), Sainte-Sophie (M)
15 Laurentides MRC76 Argenteuil Brownsburg-Chatham (V), Lachute* (V)
15 Laurentides MRC77 Les Pays-d'en-Haut Saint-Sauveur (V), Sainte-Adèle* (V)
15 Laurentides MRC78 Les Laurentides Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (V), Mont-Blanc* (M), Mont-Tremblant (V), Val-David (VM)
15 Laurentides MRC79 Antoine-Labelle Mont-Laurier* (V)

Northern Québec

RegionTypeCodeNameMajor communities
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean MRC91 Le Domaine-du-Roy Roberval* (V), Saint-Félicien (V)
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean MRC92 Maria-Chapdelaine Dolbeau-Mistassini* (V)
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean MRC93 Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Alma* (V)
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean TE941 Saguenay Saguenay (V)
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean MRC942 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Saint-Honoré* (V)
09 Côte-Nord MRC95 La Haute-Côte-Nord Les Escoumins* (M)
09 Côte-Nord MRC96 Manicouagan Baie-Comeau* (V)
09 Côte-Nord MRC971 Sept-Rivières Port-Cartier (V), Sept-Îles* (V)
09 Côte-Nord MRC972 Caniapiscau Fermont* (V)
09 Côte-Nord MRC981 Minganie Havre-Saint-Pierre* (M)
09 Côte-Nord MRC982 Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent* (M)
10 Nord-du-Québec TE991 Jamésie Chibougamau*
10 Nord-du-Québec TE992 Kativik Kuujjuaq*
10 Nord-du-Québec TE993 Eeyou Istchee Chisasibi* (TC)

Use as census divisions

Statistics Canada divides Quebec into 98 census divisions that are mostly coextensive with Quebec's regional county municipalities and equivalent territories.

93 of these census divisions correspond to a single regional county municipality or equivalent territory in the list above. In these cases the census division and the corresponding RCM or TE share a single two-digit geographical code, except for Lévis, whose code is 251.

The census divisions that are an exception to this are shown below, with geographical codes in parentheses: [4]

Former regional county municipalities

The following former regional county municipalities all ceased to exist in conjunction with changes introduced in the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec:

Renamed regional county municipalities

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Québec and La Tuque very nearly do
  2. 1 2 List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories [ dead link ] (PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
  3. ↑ Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006 Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine , Institut de la Statistique du Québec
  4. ↑ Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006 Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Institut de la Statistique du Québec

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