List of regions of Quebec

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The seventeen administrative regions of Quebec.

The province of Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into 17 administrative regions. Traditionally (and unofficially), it is divided into around twenty regions. They have no government of their own, but rather serve primarily to organize the provision of provincial government services, most significantly the allocation of regional economic development funding. As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population of Quebec was 8,501,833, the land area was 1,298,599.75 km2 (501,392.17 sq mi) and the population density was 6.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.9/sq mi). [1]

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Function

Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French : conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies. In the Nord-du-Québec region, the Kativik Regional Government and Cree Regional Authority, in addition to their other functions, played the role of a CRÉ. The subregions of Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec had their own regional conference of elected officers (CRÉ).

Administrative regions

Along with the administrative regions, municipalities with 20,000-plus populations in the 2021 Census are also indicated, with those 50,000 or more shown in bold print.

CodeRegionPopulation
Canada 2021 Census [2]
Land areaDensity
(pop. per km2)
Major cities
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent 199,03922,188.19 km2 (8,566.91 sq mi)9.0 Rimouski , Rivière-du-Loup
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 275,55295,542.70 km2 (36,889.24 sq mi)2.9 Alma, Saguenay
03 Capitale-Nationale 757,95018,684.78 km2 (7,214.23 sq mi)40.6 Quebec City
04 Mauricie 273,05535,475.80 km2 (13,697.28 sq mi)7.7 Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières
05 Estrie 337,70110,197.88 km2 (3,937.42 sq mi)33.1 Granby , Magog, Sherbrooke
06 Montréal [lower-alpha 1] 2,004,265498.29 km2 (192.39 sq mi)4,022.3 Côte-Saint-Luc, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Mont-Royal, Montreal , Pointe-Claire
07 Outaouais 405,15830,457.52 km2 (11,759.71 sq mi)13.3 Gatineau
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue 147,08257,325.74 km2 (22,133.59 sq mi)2.6 Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or
09 Côte-Nord 88,525234,442.27 km2 (90,518.67 sq mi)0.4 Baie-Comeau, Sept-Îles
10 Nord-du-Québec 45,740707,306.52 km2 (273,092.57 sq mi)0.1
11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 89,34220,271.24 km2 (7,826.77 sq mi)4.4
12 Chaudière-Appalaches 433,31215,071.51 km2 (5,819.14 sq mi)28.8 Lévis , Saint-Georges, Thetford-Mines
13 Laval [lower-alpha 2] 438,366246.13 km2 (95.03 sq mi)1,781.0 Laval
14 Lanaudière 528,59812,300.62 km2 (4,749.30 sq mi)43.0 Joliette, L'Assomption, Mascouche , Repentigny , Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Terrebonne
15 Laurentides 636,08320,557.42 km2 (7,937.26 sq mi)30.9 Blainville , Boisbriand, Mirabel , Saint-Eustache, Saint-Jérôme , Sainte-Thérèse
16 Montérégie 1,591,62011,111.82 km2 (4,290.30 sq mi)143.2 Beloeil, Boucherville, Brossard , Candiac, Chambly, Châteauguay , La Prairie, Longueuil , Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Constant, Saint-Hyacinthe , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu , Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lazare, Sainte-Julie, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Sorel-Tracy, Varennes, Vaudreuil-Dorion
17 Centre-du-Québec 250,4456,921.32 km2 (2,672.34 sq mi)36.2 Drummondville , Victoriaville
Total8,501,8331,298,599.75 km2 (501,392.17 sq mi)6.5


Historical and traditional names

Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names.

See also

Notes

  1. Coextensive with the urban agglomeration of the same name
  2. Coextensive with the equivalent territory and municipality of the same name

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References

  1. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  2. "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2021 Census - Economic regions". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 7 May 2016.