List of Quebec regions

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This is a list of regions in Quebec. The province of Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into seventeen administrative regions. Traditionally (and non-officially) it is divided into around twenty regions. The Institut de la Statistique du Québec estimates the July 2006 population of Quebec at 7,651,531. For a land area of 1,312,126.4 km², this gives an estimated population density of 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre.

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Administrative regions are used to organize the provision of provincial government services. They are also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus (CRE)), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each have three CREs or equivalent bodies. (In the Nord-du-Québec region, the Kativik Regional Government and Cree Regional Authority, in addition to their other functions, play the role of a CRE).

The subregions of Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec having their own CRE are shown in italics. Municipalities with 20,000-plus populations in the 2006 Census are listed, with those 50,000 or over highlighted. In addition, the seat[1] of the relevant CRE is indicated with an asterisk (*). If its population is less than 20,000, it is shown in italics.

Under the heading "D" is the population density of the region in question.


Code Region Pop.[2] Area
(km²)		 D[3] Major cities
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent 201,692 22,185 9.1 Rimouski*
02 Saguenay—
Lac-Saint-Jean		 274,095 95,893 2.9 Alma, Saguenay*
03 Capitale-Nationale 671,468 18,639 36.0 Quebec*
04 Mauricie 260,461 35,452 7.3 Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières*
05 Estrie 302,161 10,195 29.6 Sherbrooke*, Magog
06 Montréal[4] 1,873,971 498 3,761.6 Montreal*, Westmount, Côte-Saint-Luc, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Dollard-Des Ormeaux
07 Outaouais 347,214 30,504 11.4 Gatineau*
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue 144,835 57,340 2.5 Rouyn-Noranda*, Val-d'Or
09 Côte-Nord 95,948 236,700 0.4 Baie-Comeau*, Sept-Îles
10 Nord-du-Québec 40,637 718,229 0.1
CRE de la Baie-James[5] Matagami*
Cree Regional Authority Nemiscau*
Kativik Regional Government Kuujjuaq*
11 Gaspésie—
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		 95,872 20,272 4.7 Gaspé*
12 Chaudière-Appalaches 397,827 15,071 26.4 Montmagny*, Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines
13 Laval[6] 376,845 246 1,532.0 Laval*
14 Lanaudière 434,872 12,313 35.3 Repentigny, Joliette*, Terrebonne, Mascouche
15 Laurentides 518,621 20,560 25.2 Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Sainte-Thérèse, Blainville, Mirabel, Saint-Jérôme*
16 Montérégie 1,386,963 11,111 124.8
CRE de Longueuil[4] Brossard, Saint-Lambert, Boucherville*, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Longueuil*
CRE Montérégie Est[7] Granby,[8] Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Chambly, McMasterville*, Sainte-Julie, Varennes
CRE Vallée-du-
Haut-Saint-Laurent[9]		 La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Châteauguay, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield*, Vaudreuil-Dorion
17 Centre-du-Québec 228,049 6,921 33.0 Victoriaville, Drummondville*
Total 7,651,531 1,312,126 5.8
Source: Institut de la Statistique du Québec[10]

* Seat of relevant CRE (regional conference of elected officers)


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

  1. ^ Coordonnées — Conférences régionales des élus, Ministère des Affaires municipales et régionales
  2. ^ July 1, 2006, preliminary estimate
  3. ^ Density in inhabitants per square kilometre, July 1, 2006, preliminary estimate
  4. ^ a b Coextensive with the urban agglomeration of the same name
  5. ^ Territory consists of the municipalities of Matagami, Lebel-sur-Quévillon Chibougamau, Chapais and Baie-James. Portrait de la Jamésie, Conférence régionale des élus de la Baie-James
  6. ^ Coextensive with the city of the same name
  7. ^ Territory consists of the regional county municipalities of La Haute-Yamaska, Acton, Le Bas-Richelieu, Les Maskoutains, Rouville, Le Haut-Richelieu, La Vallée-du-Richelieu and Lajemmerais.
  8. ^ The city of Granby is divided into two census subdivisions. Their combined population is more than 50,000.
  9. ^ Territory consists of the regional county municipalities of Roussillon, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Beauharnois-Salaberry and Vaudreuil-Soulanges
  10. ^ Évolution et distribution de la population par région administrative, superficie et densité, Québec, 1971-2006

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