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 and the population density was .
Function Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (), with the exception of the and regions, which each had three or equivalent bodies. In the region, the Kativik Regional Government and Cree Regional Authority, in addition to their other functions, played the role of a . The subregions of and had their own regional conference of elected officers ().
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.
CodeRegionPopulationCanada 2021 CensusLand areaDensity(pop. per km)Major cities01 199,0399.0 Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup02 275,5522.9 Alma, Saguenay03 757,95040.6 Quebec City04 273,0557.7 Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières05 337,70133.1 Granby, Magog, Sherbrooke06 2,004,2654,022.3 Côte-Saint-Luc, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Mont-Royal, Montreal, Pointe-Claire07 405,15813.3 Gatineau08 147,0822.6 Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or09 88,5250.4 Baie-Comeau, Sept-Îles10 45,7400.0611 89,3424.412 433,31228.8 Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford-Mines13 438,3661,781.0 Laval14 528,59843.0 Joliette, L'Assomption, Mascouche, Repentigny, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Terrebonne15Laurentides636,08330.9 Blainville, Boisbriand, Mirabel, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Thérèse16 1,591,620143.2 Beloeil, Boucherville, Brossard, Candiac, Chambly, Châteauguay, La Prairie, Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Constant, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lazare, Sainte-Julie, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Sorel-Tracy, Varennes, Vaudreuil-Dorion17 250,44536.2 Drummondville, VictoriavilleTotal8,501,8336.5
was split in 1997 to create and administrative regions (note, the notion of as a traditional region long predates this) In January 2000, administrative region was renamed .
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.
Lower Saint Lawrence () (within ) (within ) (eastern part of the administrative region) Chateauguay Valley North Shore/Lower North Shore Eastern Townships () /Gaspé /Lake St. John Magdalen Islands () James Bay ()
Laurentians ()
Montreal region/Greater Montreal/Island of Montreal (or ) Nunavik Ottawa Valley
Quebec City region (corresponds to ) Rupert's Land Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean South Shore (Montreal) () Timiskaming () Ungava District
See also
Administrative divisions of Canada Administrative divisions of Quebec Culture of Quebec#Regional cultures Regional county municipality List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec Lists of people from Quebec by region Regional conference of elected officers () Regional municipality, a type of municipal government in Ontario
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