Population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square km2."From urban areas to population centres" . Statistics Canada, May 5, 2011. The boundaries of a populated place are not necessarily contiguous with municipal boundaries; a population centre may both include areas outside the boundaries of a municipality, if their urban development is directly contiguous, and may exclude areas inside the boundaries of a municipality which are less densely populated. A municipality may also not be classified as a population centre at all, but may simply be part of another municipality's population centre. Accordingly, do not confuse this list with List of municipalities in Quebec, which lists all municipalities by their actual municipal populations.
The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.
In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 273 population centres in the province of Quebec. Parts of two other population centres are adjacent to the provincial boundary with Ontario – the Gatineau portion of Ottawa-Gatineau and the Grenville portion Hawkesbury.
RankPopulation centreSize groupPopulation (2021)Population (2016)ChangeLand area (km2)Population density Montréal Large urban Québec Large urban GatineauThe Quebec part of the Ottawa-Gatineau population centre. Large urban Sherbrooke Large urban Trois-Rivières Large urban Chicoutimi - Jonquière Large urban Saint-Jérôme Large urban Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Medium Châteauguay Medium Drummondville Medium Granby Medium Beloeil Medium Saint-Hyacinthe Medium Joliette Medium Victoriaville Medium Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Medium Shawinigan Medium Rimouski Medium Sorel Medium Saint-Georges Small Val-d'Or Small Hudson Small Rouyn-Noranda Small Magog Small Sept-Îles Small Varennes Small Alma Small Les Coteaux Small Rivière-du-Loup Small Buckingham Small Thetford Mines Small L'Assomption Small Laurentides Small Port-Alfred-Bagotville Small Cowansville Small Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts - Val-David Small Saint-Augustin Small Lavaltrie Small Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Small Lachute Small Saint-Amable Small Hauterive Small Dolbeau Small Sainte-Marie Small Matane Small Marieville Small Amos Small Baie-Comeau Small Donnacona Small Montmagny Small Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts Small Roberval Small Farnham Small Contrecoeur Small Mont-Laurier Small L'Épiphanie Small La Tuque Small Angers Small Plessisville Small Saint-Rémi Small Saint-Félicien Small Pont-Rouge Small Chibougamau Small Beaupré Small Coaticook Small Saint-Jovite Small Nicolet Small Sainte-Adèle Small Lac-Mégantic Small Mont-Joli Small Rawdon Small La Sarre Small Asbestos Small Louiseville Small Port-Cartier Small Bromont Small Acton Vale Small Windsor Small Saint-Apollinaire Small Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Small Napierville Small Waterloo Small Lac-Alouette Small Berthierville Small Amqui Small Sainte-Martine Small Princeville Small Terrasse-des-Pins Small Verchères Small Baie-Saint-Paul Small Maniwaki Small La Pocatière Small Saint-Césaire Small Bromptonville Small East Angus Small Beauceville Small Filion Small Chisasibi Small Saint-Félix-de-Valois Small La Malbaie Small Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Small Sainte-Julienne Small Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Small Domaine-Ouellet Small Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Small Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Small Black Lake Small Warwick Small Mistissini Small Saint-Pie Small Saint-Agapit Small Shannon Small Richmond Small Saint-Gabriel Small Saint-Raymond Small Melocheville Small Rigaud Small Trois-Pistoles Small Malartic Small Havre-Saint-Pierre Small Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie Small Thurso Small Gaspé Small Crabtree Small Saint-Anselme Small Roxton Pond Small Clermont Small Huntingdon Small Saint-Jacques Small Bedford Small Ville Lambert Small Neuville Small Saint-Pascal Small Lac-Lapierre Small Cap-aux-Meules Small Château-Richer Small Cabano Small Saint-Honoré Small Évain Small Fort-Coulonge Small Disraeli Small Sainte-Claire Small Métabetchouan Small Les Cèdres Small Senneterre Small Forestville Small Saint-Tite Small Chandler Small Fermont Small Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan Small Portneuf Small Betsiamites Small Ville-Marie Small Saint-Prosper Small Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Small Sainte-Madeleine Small Kuujjuaq Small Lebel-sur-Quévillon Small Stoneham Small New Richmond Small Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Small Normandin Small Saint-Bruno Small East Broughton Small Pierreville Small Laurier-Station Small Rivière-Beaudette Small Saint-Liboire Small Saint-Jean-Baptiste Small Waskaganish Small Valcourt Small Ormstown Small GrenvilleThe Quebec part of the Hawkesbury, Ont. population centre. Small Lac-Etchemin Small Saint-Sulpice Small Saint-Henri-de-Lévis Small Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Small Dégelis Small Saint-Michel Small Lacolle Small L'Ange-Gardien Small Val-Maher Small Saint-Martin Small Inukjuak Small Rougemont Small Ferme-Neuve Small Domaine-C.-L.-C. Small Danville Small Saint Grégoire Small Saint-Ambroise Small Saint-André-Avellin Small Price Small Gentilly Small Manawan Small Saint-Thomas Small Alençon Small Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm Small Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Small Stanstead Small Saint-Léonard-d'Aston Small Saint-Alexandre Small Godefroy Small Maliotenam Small Puvirnituq Small Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Small Bonaventure Small Saint-Basile-Sud Small Saint-Gédéon Small Scott Small Sainte-Croix Small Maria Small Kingsey Falls Small Whapmagoostui - Kuujjuarapik Small Maskinongé Small Linière Small Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Small Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring Small Saint-Boniface Small Saint-Polycarpe Small Saint-Charles Small Macamic Small Daveluyville Small Saint-Alexandre Small Matagami Small Grande-Rivière Small Shawville Small Wemindji Small Brownsburg Small Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Small Témiscaming Small Sainte-Thècle Small Oka Small Chapais Small Les Escoumins Small Lac-Connelly Small Obedjiwan Small Parc-Boutin Small Labelle Small Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse Small Saint-Bernard Small Yamachiche Small Vallée-Jonction Small Beaumont Small Notre-Dame-du-Lac Small Saint-Damien-de-Buckland Small Carleton Small LeBlanc Small Saint-Chrysostome Small Cap-Saint-Ignace Small Saint-Elzéar Small Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Small Saint-Pacôme Small Saint-Damase Small Lac-Simon Small Le Bic Small Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Small Papineauville Small Saint-Jean-de-Matha Small Luceville Small Salluit Small Saint-Michel-des-Saints Small Saint-Raphaël Small Barraute Small Ayer's Cliff Small Sainte-Justine Small Saint-Prime Small Venise-en-Québec Small Saint-Fabien Small Saint-Denis Small Rivière-au-Renard Small Roxton Falls Small Montagnac Small Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu Small Mont-Saint-Grégoire Small Causapscal Small
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See also List of cities and towns in Quebec List of the largest population centres in Canada
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