| Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories of Quebec | |
| Alt Name: | Municipalités régionale de comté et territoires équivalents du Québec |
| Map: | File:Quebec MRC blank map.svg |
| Territory: | Province of Quebec |
| Current Number: | 104 |
| Population Range: | 7,082 (L'Île-d'Orléans) – 1,942,044 (Montreal) |
| Area Range: | – 443,372.20 km2 (Kativik) |
| Government: | County government |
| Subdivision: | Municipalities |
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.[1] 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.
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.[2] Information concerning geographical RCMs is taken from a list published by the Ministère de la Faune et des Ressources naturelles.[2] Relevant definitions can be obtained from the website of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec.[3]
| Region | Type | Code | Name | Major communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 07 | La Matapédia | Amqui* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 08 | La Matanie | Matane* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 09 | La Mitis | Mont-Joli* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 10 | Rimouski-Neigette | Rimouski* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 11 | Les Basques | Trois-Pistoles* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 12 | Rivière-du-Loup | Rivière-du-Loup* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 13 | Témiscouata | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac* (V) | |
| 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent | MRC | 14 | Kamouraska | Saint-Pascal* (V) | |
| 11 Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine | TE | 01 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (M) | |
| 11 Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine | MRC | 02 | Le Rocher-Percé | Chandler* (V) | |
| 11 Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine | MRC | 03 | La Côte-de-Gaspé | Gaspé* (V) | |
| 11 Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine | MRC | 04 | La Haute-Gaspésie | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts* (V) | |
| 11 Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine | MRC | 05 | Bonaventure | New Carlisle* (M) | |
| 11 Gaspésie– Îles-de-la-Madeleine | MRC | 06 | Avignon | Carleton-sur-Mer* (V) |
| Region | Type | Code | Name | Major communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 30 | Le Granit | Lac-Mégantic* (V) | |
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 40 | Val-des-Sources* (V) | ||
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 41 | Le Haut-Saint-François | Cookshire-Eaton* (V) | |
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 42 | Le Val-Saint-François | Richmond* (V), Windsor (V) | |
| 05 Estrie | TE | 43 | Sherbrooke | Sherbrooke (V) | |
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 44 | Coaticook | Coaticook* (V) | |
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 45 | Memphrémagog | Magog* (V), Orford (CT) | |
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 46 | Brome-Missisquoi | Brome Lake (V), Bromont (V), Cowansville* (V), Farnham (V) | |
| 05 Estrie | MRC | 47 | La Haute-Yamaska | Granby* (V), Shefford (CT) | |
| 17 Centre-du-Québec | MRC | 32 | L'Érable | Plessisville* (V), Princeville (V) | |
| 17 Centre-du-Québec | MRC | 38 | Bécancour | Bécancour* (V) | |
| 17 Centre-du-Québec | MRC | 39 | Arthabaska | Victoriaville* (V) | |
| 17 Centre-du-Québec | MRC | 49 | Drummond | Drummondville* (V) | |
| 17 Centre-du-Québec | MRC | 50 | Nicolet-Yamaska | Nicolet* (V) |
| Region | Type | Code | Name | Major communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Laval | TE | 65 | Laval | Laval (V) | |
| 06 Montréal | TE | 66 | Montréal | Beaconsfield (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) |
| Region | Type | Code | Name | Major communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Mauricie | MRC | 35 | Mékinac | Saint-Tite* (V) | |
| 04 Mauricie | TE | 36 | Shawinigan | Shawinigan | |
| 04 Mauricie | TE | 371 | Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières | |
| 04 Mauricie | MRC | 372 | Les Chenaux | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (P), Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes* (M) | |
| 04 Mauricie | MRC | 51 | Maskinongé | Louiseville* (V), Saint-Boniface (M) | |
| 04 Mauricie | TE | 90 | La Tuque | La Tuque (V) | |
| 14 Lanaudière | MRC | 52 | D'Autray | Berthierville* (V), Lanoraie (M), Lavaltrie (V) | |
| 14 Lanaudière | MRC | 60 | L'Assomption | Charlemagne (V), L'Assomption* (V), L'Épiphanie (V), Repentigny (V) | |
| 14 Lanaudière | MRC | 61 | Joliette | Joliette* (V), Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (V), Saint-Charles-Borromée (V), Saint-Paul (M) | |
| 14 Lanaudière | MRC | 62 | Matawinie | Chertsey (M), Rawdon* (M), Saint-Félix-de-Valois (M) | |
| 14 Lanaudière | MRC | 63 | Montcalm | Saint-Calixte (M), Saint-Lin-Laurentides (V), Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, (M), Sainte-Julienne* (M) | |
| 14 Lanaudière | MRC | 64 | Les Moulins | Terrebonne* (V), Mascouche (V) |
| Region | Type | Code | Name | Major communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | MRC | 91 | Le Domaine-du-Roy | Roberval* (V), Saint-Félicien (V) | |
| 02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | MRC | 92 | Maria-Chapdelaine | Dolbeau-Mistassini* (V) | |
| 02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | MRC | 93 | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | Alma* (V) | |
| 02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | TE | 941 | Saguenay | Saguenay (V) | |
| 02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | MRC | 942 | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay | Saint-Honoré* (V) | |
| 09 Côte-Nord | MRC | 95 | La Haute-Côte-Nord | Les Escoumins* (M) | |
| 09 Côte-Nord | MRC | 96 | Manicouagan | Baie-Comeau* (V) | |
| 09 Côte-Nord | MRC | 971 | Sept-Rivières | Port-Cartier (V), Sept-Îles* (V) | |
| 09 Côte-Nord | MRC | 972 | Caniapiscau | Fermont* (V) | |
| 09 Côte-Nord | MRC | 981 | Minganie | Havre-Saint-Pierre* (M) | |
| 09 Côte-Nord | MRC | 982 | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent* (M) | |
| 10 Nord-du-Québec | TE | 991 | Jamésie | Chibougamau | |
| 10 Nord-du-Québec | TE | 992 | Kativik | Kuujjuaq* | |
| 10 Nord-du-Québec | TE | 993 | Eeyou Istchee | Chisasibi
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See also: List of census divisions of Quebec.
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:[4]
The following former regional county municipalities all ceased to exist in conjunction with changes introduced in the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec: