List of 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 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (41/sq mi).[1]
Function
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.
Code | Region | Population Canada 2021 Census[2]
|
Land area | Density (pop. per km2) |
Major cities |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Bas-Saint-Laurent | 199,039 | 22,188.19 km2 (8,566.91 sq mi) | 9.0 | Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup |
02 | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | 275,552 | 95,542.70 km2 (36,889.24 sq mi) | 2.9 | Alma, Saguenay |
03 | Capitale-Nationale | 757,950 | 18,684.78 km2 (7,214.23 sq mi) | 40.6 | Quebec City |
04 | Mauricie | 273,055 | 35,475.80 km2 (13,697.28 sq mi) | 7.7 | Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières |
05 | Estrie | 337,701 | 10,197.88 km2 (3,937.42 sq mi) | 33.1 | Granby, Magog, Sherbrooke |
06 | Montréal[a] | 2,004,265 | 498.29 km2 (192.39 sq mi) | 4,022.3 | Côte-Saint-Luc, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Mont-Royal, Montreal, Pointe-Claire |
07 | Outaouais | 405,158 | 30,457.52 km2 (11,759.71 sq mi) | 13.3 | Gatineau |
08 | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 147,082 | 57,325.74 km2 (22,133.59 sq mi) | 2.6 | Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or |
09 | Côte-Nord | 88,525 | 234,442.27 km2 (90,518.67 sq mi) | 0.4 | Baie-Comeau, Sept-Îles |
10 | Nord-du-Québec | 45,740 | 707,306.52 km2 (273,092.57 sq mi) | 0.1 | |
11 | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 89,342 | 20,271.24 km2 (7,826.77 sq mi) | 4.4 | |
12 | Chaudière-Appalaches | 433,312 | 15,071.51 km2 (5,819.14 sq mi) | 28.8 | Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford-Mines
|
13 | Laval[b] | 438,366 | 246.13 km2 (95.03 sq mi) | 1,781.0 | Laval |
14 | Lanaudière | 528,598 | 12,300.62 km2 (4,749.30 sq mi) | 43.0 | |
15 | Laurentides | 636,083 | 20,557.42 km2 (7,937.26 sq mi) | 30.9 | Blainville, Boisbriand, Mirabel, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Thérèse |
16 | Montérégie | 1,591,620 | 11,111.82 km2 (4,290.30 sq mi) | 143.2 | Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lazare, Sainte-Julie, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Sorel-Tracy, Varennes, Vaudreuil-Dorion
|
17 | Centre-du-Québec | 250,445 | 6,921.32 km2 (2,672.34 sq mi) | 36.2 | Drummondville, Victoriaville |
Total | 8,501,833 | 1,298,599.75 km2 (501,392.17 sq mi) | 6.5 |
- Mauricie–Bois-Francs was split in 1997 to create Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec administrative regions (note, the notion of Mauricie as a traditional region long predates this)
- In January 2000, Québec administrative region was renamed Capitale-Nationale.
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.
- Abitibi
- Lower Saint Lawrence (Bas-Saint-Laurent)
- Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches)
- Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec)
- Charlevoix (eastern part of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region)
- Chateauguay Valley
- Lower North Shore
- Eastern Townships (Cantons-de-l'Est)
- Gaspésie/Gaspé
- Lac-Saint-Jean/Lake St. John
- Magdalen Islands (Îles de la Madeleine)
- James Bay (Jamésie)
- Lanaudière
- Laurentians (Laurentides)
- Mauricie
- Montérégie
- Montreal region/Greater Montreal/Island of Montreal
- Nord-du-Québec (or Grand-Nord)
- Nunavik
- Ottawa Valley
- Outaouais
- Pontiac
- Quebec City region (corresponds to Capitale-Nationale)
- Rupert's Land
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- South Shore (Montreal) (Rive-Sud)
- Témiscamingue)
- Ungava District
See also
- Administrative divisions of Canada
- Administrative divisions of Quebec
- Culture of Quebec#Regional cultures
- Regional county municipality
- Lists of people from Quebec by region
- Regional conference of elected officers (CRÉ)
- municipal government in Ontario
Notes
- urban agglomerationof the same name
- equivalent territoryand municipality of the same name
References
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 7 May 2016.