List of census divisions of Quebec explained

Statistics Canada divides Quebec into 98 census divisions largely coextensive with the regional county municipalities of the province (of Quebec's 87 regional county municipalities, 82 have coextensive borders with Statistics Canada census divisions).

Quebec's census divisions consist of numerous census subdivisions. The types of census subdivisions within a Quebec census division may include:^[1]

• cities and towns (ville), "ordinary" municipalities (municipalité), parish municipalities (paroisse), townships (canton) and united townships (cantons unis), villages (village)
• Cree villages (village cri), northern villages (village nordique, i.e., Inuit), and one Naskapi village (village Naskapi)
• Land reserved to Crees (Terres réservées aux Cris), Inuit land (Terre inuite), Naskapi land (Terres réservées aux Naskapis)
• Indian reserves and Indian settlements
• Unorganized territories

List of census divisions

The following is a list of Quebec's census divisions, as of the 2011 census.^[2]

Name	Code	Notes
Abitibi	2488
Abitibi-Ouest	2487	Fertility rate (2014) 1.77
Acton	2448
Antoine-Labelle	2479
Argenteuil	2476
Arthabaska	2439
Avignon	2406
Beauce-Sartigan	2429
Beauharnois-Salaberry	2470
Bellechasse	2419
Bonaventure	2405
Brome-Missisquoi	2446
Bécancour	2438
Charlevoix	2416
Charlevoix-Est	2415
Coaticook	2444
D'Autray	2452
Deux-Montagnes	2472
Drummond	2449
Francheville	2437	Census division
Gatineau	2481	Territoire équivalent
Joliette	2461
Kamouraska	2414
L'Assomption	2460
L'Islet	2417
L'Érable	2432
L'Île-d'Orléans	2420
La Côte-de-Beaupré	2421
La Côte-de-Gaspé	2403
La Haute-Côte-Nord	2495
La Haute-Gaspésie	2404
La Haute-Yamaska	2447
La Jacques-Cartier	2422
La Matapédia	2407
La Mitis	2409
La Nouvelle-Beauce	2426
La Rivière-du-Nord	2475
La Tuque	2490	Territoire équivalent
La Vallée-de-l'Or	2489
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau	2483
	2457
	2493
Lajemmerais	2459	The RCM is called "Marguerite-d'Youville"^[3]
Laval	2465	Territoire équivalent
	2491
	2430
	2456
Le Haut-Saint-François	2441
	2469
	2402
Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord	2494	Census division
	2442
	2431
	2411
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais	2482
	2428
	2468
	2478
	2454
	2464
	2477
	2440
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	2401	Territoire équivalent
Longueuil	2458	Territoire équivalent
	2433
Lévis	2425	Territoire équivalent
	2496
	2492
	2451
	2408
	2462
	2445
Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent	2498	Census division
Mirabel	2474	Territoire équivalent
	2463
	2418
Montréal	2466	Territoire équivalent
	2435
	2450
Nord-du-Québec	2499	Census division
	2480
	2453
	2484
	2434
Québec	2423	Territoire équivalent
	2410
	2412
	2427
	2467
	2455
Rouyn-Noranda	2486	Territoire équivalent
Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau	2497	Census division
Shawinigan	2436	Territoire équivalent
Sherbrooke	2443	Territoire équivalent
Thérèse-De Blainville	2473
	2485
	2413
Vaudreuil-Soulanges	2471

See also

• Types of municipalities in Quebec
• Administrative divisions of Quebec
• List of regional county municipalities in Quebec
• Regional county municipality

External links

• Statistics Canada: Subprovincial geography levels: Quebec

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names . 7&8 . . April 2011 . 2012-03-15.
2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Quebec) . Statistics Canada . 2012-02-08 . 2012-03-15.
3. The former Lajemmerais Regional County Municipality changed its name to "Marguerite-d'Youville" on February 12, 2011 but the 2011 census still retained the old name; the new name will be used in the 2016 census.