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.
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.Québec and La Tuque very nearly do 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.List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories (PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune Information concerning geographical RCMs is taken from a list published by the Ministère de la Faune et des Ressources naturelles. Relevant definitions can be obtained from the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006 , Institut de la Statistique du Québec
East Québec Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC07La MatapédiaAmqui* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC08La MatanieMatane* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC09La MitisMont-Joli* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC10Rimouski-NeigetteRimouski* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC11Les BasquesTrois-Pistoles* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC12Rivière-du-LoupRivière-du-Loup* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC13TémiscouataTémiscouata-sur-le-Lac* (V)01 Bas-Saint-LaurentMRC14KamouraskaLa Pocatière (V), Saint-Pascal* (V)11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineTE01Les Îles-de-la-MadeleineLes Îles-de-la-Madeleine (M)11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineMRC02Le Rocher-PercéChandler* (V)11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineMRC03La Côte-de-GaspéGaspé* (V)11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineMRC04La Haute-GaspésieSainte-Anne-des-Monts* (V)11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineMRC05BonaventureNew Carlisle* (M)11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineMRC06AvignonCarleton-sur-Mer* (V)
Quebec City Area Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities03 Capitale-NationaleMRC15Charlevoix-EstClermont* (V), La Malbaie (V)03 Capitale-NationaleMRC16CharlevoixBaie-Saint-Paul* (V)03 Capitale-NationaleMRC20L'Île-d'OrléansSainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans* (M)03 Capitale-NationaleMRC21La Côte-de-BeaupréBoischatel (M), Château-Richer* (V)03 Capitale-NationaleMRC22La Jacques-CartierLac-Beauport (M), Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (V), Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier (V), Shannon* (V), Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (CU)03 Capitale-NationaleTE23QuébecL'Ancienne-Lorette (V), Quebec (V), Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (V)03 Capitale-NationaleMRC34PortneufCap-Santé* (V), Donnacona (V), Pont-Rouge (V), Saint-Raymond (V)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC17L'IsletSaint-Jean-Port-Joli* (M)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC18MontmagnyMontmagny* (V)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC19BellechasseSaint-Henri (M), Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse* (M)12 Chaudière-AppalachesTE25LévisLévis (V)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC26La Nouvelle-BeauceSainte-Marie* (V), Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (M)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC27Beauce-CentreBeauceville* (V), Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (V)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC28Les EtcheminsLac-Etchemin* (M)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC29Beauce-SartiganSaint-Georges* (V)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC31Les AppalachesThetford Mines* (V)12 Chaudière-AppalachesMRC33LotbinièreSaint-Apollinaire (M), Sainte-Croix* (M)
Eastern Townships Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities05 EstrieMRC30Le GranitLac-Mégantic* (V)05 EstrieMRC40Les Sources Val-des-Sources* (V)05 EstrieMRC41Le Haut-Saint-FrançoisCookshire-Eaton* (V)05 EstrieMRC42Le Val-Saint-FrançoisRichmond* (V), Windsor (V)05 EstrieTE43SherbrookeSherbrooke (V)05 EstrieMRC44CoaticookCoaticook* (V)05 EstrieMRC45MemphrémagogMagog* (V), Orford (CT)05 EstrieMRC46Brome-MissisquoiBrome Lake (V), Bromont (V), Cowansville* (V), Farnham (V) 05 EstrieMRC47La Haute-YamaskaGranby* (V), Shefford (CT)17 Centre-du-QuébecMRC32L'ÉrablePlessisville* (V), Princeville (V)17 Centre-du-QuébecMRC38BécancourBécancour* (V)17 Centre-du-QuébecMRC39ArthabaskaVictoriaville* (V)17 Centre-du-QuébecMRC49DrummondDrummondville* (V)17 Centre-du-QuébecMRC50Nicolet-YamaskaNicolet* (V)
Montérégie Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities16 MontérégieMRC48ActonActon Vale* (V)16 MontérégieMRC53Pierre-De SaurelSorel-Tracy* (V)16 MontérégieMRC54Les MaskoutainsSaint-Hyacinthe* (V), Saint-Pie (V), 16 MontérégieMRC55RouvilleMarieville* (V), Richelieu (V), Saint-Césaire (V)16 MontérégieMRC56Le Haut-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu* (V)16 MontérégieMRC57La Vallée-du-RichelieuBelœil (V), Carignan (V), Chambly (V), McMasterville* (M), Mont-Saint-Hilaire (V), Otterburn Park (V), Saint-Basile-le-Grand (V)16 MontérégieTE58LongueuilBoucherville (V), Brossard (V), Longueuil (V), Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (V), Saint-Lambert (V)16 MontérégieMRC59Marguerite-D'YouvilleContrecoeur (V), Saint-Amable (V), Sainte-Julie* (V), Varennes (V), Verchères* (M)16 MontérégieMRC67RoussillonCandiac (V), Châteauguay (V), Delson (V), La Prairie (V), Mercier (V), Saint-Constant* (V), Saint-Philippe (V), Sainte-Catherine (V)16 MontérégieMRC68Les Jardins-de-Napierville Napierville* (M), Saint-Rémi (V)16 MontérégieMRC69Le Haut-Saint-LaurentHuntingdon* (V)16 MontérégieMRC70Beauharnois-SalaberryBeauharnois* (V), Sainte-Martine (M), Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (V)16 MontérégieMRC71Vaudreuil-SoulangesCoteau-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 Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities13 LavalTE65LavalLaval (V)06 MontréalTE66MontréalBeaconsfield (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 Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities04 MauricieMRC35MékinacSaint-Tite* (V)04 MauricieTE36ShawiniganShawinigan04 MauricieTE371Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières04 MauricieMRC372Les ChenauxNotre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (P), Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes* (M)04 MauricieMRC51MaskinongéLouiseville* (V), Saint-Boniface (M)04 MauricieTE90La TuqueLa Tuque (V)14 LanaudièreMRC52D'AutrayBerthierville* (V), Lanoraie (M), Lavaltrie (V)14 LanaudièreMRC60L'AssomptionCharlemagne (V), L'Assomption* (V), L'Épiphanie (V), Repentigny (V)14 LanaudièreMRC61JolietteJoliette* (V), Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (V), Saint-Charles-Borromée (V), Saint-Paul (M)14 LanaudièreMRC62MatawinieChertsey (M), Rawdon* (M), Saint-Félix-de-Valois (M)14 LanaudièreMRC63MontcalmSaint-Calixte (M), Saint-Lin-Laurentides (V), Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, (M), Sainte-Julienne* (M) 14 LanaudièreMRC64Les MoulinsTerrebonne* (V), Mascouche (V)
West Québec Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities07 OutaouaisMRC80PapineauPapineauville* (M)07 OutaouaisTE81GatineauGatineau (V)07 OutaouaisMRC82Les Collines-de-l'OutaouaisCantley (M), Chelsea* (M), L'Ange-Gardien (M), La Pêche (M), Pontiac (M), Val-des-Monts (M) 07 OutaouaisMRC83La Vallée-de-la-GatineauGracefield* (V)07 OutaouaisMRC84PontiacCampbell's Bay* (M)08 Abitibi-TémiscamingueMRC85TémiscamingueVille-Marie* (V)08 Abitibi-TémiscamingueTE86Rouyn-NorandaRouyn-Noranda (V)08 Abitibi-TémiscamingueMRC87Abitibi-OuestLa Sarre* (V)08 Abitibi-TémiscamingueMRC88AbitibiAmos* (V)08 Abitibi-TémiscamingueMRC89La Vallée-de-l'OrVal-d'Or* (V)15 LaurentidesMRC72Deux-MontagnesDeux-Montagnes (V), Oka (M), Pointe-Calumet (M), Saint-Eustache* (V), Saint-Joseph-du-Lac (M), Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (V)15 LaurentidesMRC73Thérèse-De BlainvilleBlainville (V), Boisbriand (V), Bois-des-Filion (V), Lorraine (V), Rosemère (V), Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (V), Sainte-Thérèse* (V) 15 LaurentidesTE74MirabelMirabel15 LaurentidesMRC75La Rivière-du-NordPrévost (V), Saint-Colomban (V), Saint-Hippolyte (M), Saint-Jérôme* (V), Sainte-Sophie (M)15 LaurentidesMRC76ArgenteuilBrownsburg-Chatham (V), Lachute* (V)15 LaurentidesMRC77Les Pays-d'en-HautSaint-Sauveur (V), Sainte-Adèle* (V)15 LaurentidesMRC78Les LaurentidesSainte-Agathe-des-Monts (V), Mont-Blanc* (M), Mont-Tremblant (V), Val-David (VM)15 LaurentidesMRC79Antoine-LabelleMont-Laurier* (V)
Northern Québec Region TypeCodeNameMajor communities02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanMRC91Le Domaine-du-RoyRoberval* (V), Saint-Félicien (V)02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanMRC92Maria-ChapdelaineDolbeau-Mistassini* (V)02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanMRC93Lac-Saint-Jean-EstAlma* (V), Hébertville (M)02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanTE941Saguenay*Saguenay (V)02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanMRC942Le Fjord-du-SaguenaySaint-Honoré* (V)09 Côte-NordMRC95La Haute-Côte-NordLes Escoumins* (M)09 Côte-NordMRC96ManicouaganBaie-Comeau* (V)09 Côte-NordMRC971Sept-RivièresPort-Cartier (V), Sept-Îles* (V)09 Côte-NordMRC972CaniapiscauFermont* (V)09 Côte-NordMRC981MinganieHavre-Saint-Pierre* (M)09 Côte-NordMRC982Le Golfe-du-Saint-LaurentCôte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent* (M)10 Nord-du-QuébecTE991JamésieChibougamau* (V)10 Nord-du-QuébecTE992KativikKuujjuaq* (NV)10 Nord-du-QuébecTE993Eeyou IstcheeChisasibi* (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:Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006 Institut de la Statistique du Québec
The CD of Francheville (37) consists of the TE of Trois-Rivières (371) and the RCM of Les Chenaux (372). These two divisions formerly constituted the single RCM of Francheville, which was dissolved in 2002. The CD of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (94) consists of the TE of Saguenay (941) and the RCM of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (942). Le Fjord-du-Saguenay formerly included the smaller cities which were amalgamated to create the new city of Saguenay in 2002. The CD of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau (97) consists of the RCMs of Sept-Rivières (971) and Caniapiscau (972).