The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (, CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City and Lévis. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.
Predecessor
Effective January 1, 1970, the Québec Urban Community () ("CUQ") was established, which governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Together with the CUQ, the Québec Urban Community Transit Commission () ("CTCUQ") and the Greater Québec Water Purification Board () ("BAEQM") were also established. Each of the three covered different groups of municipalities:
+ Québec area municipalities served by new agencies (1970)Historical countyMunicipality CUQS.Q. 1969, c. 83, Sch. A CTCUQS.Q. 1969, c. 83, Sch. B BAEQMS.Q. 1969, c. 83, Sch. DQuebec County Town of L'Ancienne-Lorette Beauport Bélair Charlesbourg Charlesbourg-Est Charlesbourg-Ouest Courville Duberger Giffard Lac-Saint-Charles Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette Loretteville Montmorency Neufchâtel Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides Orsainville Quebec Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport Sainte-Foy Saint-Émile Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge Sillery Val-St-Michel Vanier Villeneuve Portneuf County Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Montmorency No 1 County Saint-Jean-de-Boischatel
Formation
The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002. The CMQ exercised jurisdiction over a wider geographical area.
Quebec was amalgamated with the cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. In the 2006 demerger, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures regained separate status.
Lévis was amalgamated with Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Romuald, Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.
+ Municipalities in the Quebec Metropolitan Community and Quebec Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) Regional county municipality or urban agglomeration(where applicable) In Metropolitan Community In CMA onlyUrban agglomeration of Quebec CityQuebec Citysubdivided into the boroughs of Beauport, Charlesbourg, La Cité-Limoilou, La Haute-Saint-Charles, Les Rivières and Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge L'Ancienne-Lorette Saint-Augustin-de-DesmauresNotre-Dame-des-Angesenclave within the borough of La Cité-Limoilou, not part of the urban agglomeration WendakeHuron-Wendat reserve, an enclave within the borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles, not part of the urban agglomerationLévis (Equivalent territory)subdivided into the boroughs of Desjardins, Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest and Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-EstBellechasse Regional County MunicipalityBeaumont Saint-HenriLa Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County MunicipalityBeauprénot part of the CMA Boischatel Château-Richer L'Ange-Gardien Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Saint-Joachim Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente Saint-Tite-des-CapsL'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans Sainte-Pétronille Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'OrléansLa Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Lac-Beauport Lac-Delage Lac-Saint-Joseph Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Shannon Stoneham-et-TewkesburyLa Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County MunicipalitySaint-Lambert-de-LauzonLotbinière Regional County MunicipalitySaint-Antoine-de-Tilly Saint-ApollinairePortneuf Regional County MunicipalityNeuville
Gallery
Canada Census Mother Tongue – Quebec city, QuebecStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census. Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 741,010 3.24%% 92.62% 10,965 1.06% 1.41% 3,775 14.56% 0.49% 29,900 35.41% 5.04% 717,770 6.94%% 93,74% 10,850 5.85% 1.42% 3,295 55.06% 0.43% 22,080 6.87% 2.88% 671,145 3.59% 95.31% 10,250 5.13% 1.46% 2,125 21.73% 0.3% 20,660 77.18% 2.93% 647,920 1.7% 96,14% 9,750 18.31% 1.44% 2,715 6.6% 0.40% 11,665 5.19% 1.73% 637,150 n/a 94,83% 11,935 n/a 1.77% 2,545 n/a 0.37% 11,080 n/a 1.64%
References
External links Communauté métropolitaine de Québec website Quebec City Guide - Télégraphe de Québec