LIST OF QUEBEC REGIONS

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.

Contents

Administrative

List

Historical and Traditional

References

See also

Administrative

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).

List

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''				'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)

Historical and Traditional

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

★ North Shore/Lower North Shore

★ Eastern Townships (Cantons-de-l'Est)

★ Gaspé

★ Lac-Saint-Jean

★ 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

★ South Shore (Montreal) (Rive-Sud)

★ Timiskaming (Témiscamingue)

★ Ungava District

References

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. 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

See also

Census Divisions by province and territory

★ Administrative subdivisions of Quebec

★ Subdivisions of Canada

★ Quebec regional cultures

★ List of people from the Gaspé Peninsula

★ List of people from Mauricie

★ List of people from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean