List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

Following is a list of the regional county municipalities (RCM or MRC) and equivalent territories (TE) in the province of Quebec, Canada, as of January 2007. They are given along with their geographical codes according to the Geographical Code of Quebec determined by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec, and the administrative regions to which they belong.

RCMs are 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 86 RCMs and 18 TEs in Quebec, for a total of 104 MRCGs. Twelve of the TEs correspond exactly to cities or urban agglomerations, and another two, Québec and La Tuque almost do. The only four exceptional cases are the TEs of Basse-Côte-Nord, Jamésie, Kativik and Eeyou Istchee. These cover large areas with many, mostly small, municipalities.

Thanks to cooperation between the Institut de la Statistique 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.

List

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 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.^[1] 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	Matane	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	Notre-Dame-du-Lac* (V)
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent	MRC	14	Kamouraska	Saint-Pascal* (V)
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* (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	15	Charlevoix-Est	La Malbaie (V), Clermont* (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	16	Charlevoix	Baie-Saint-Paul* (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	20	L'Île-d'Orléans	Sainte-Famille* (P)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	21	La Côte-de-Beaupré	Château-Richer* (V), Boischatel (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	22	La Jacques-Cartier	Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier (V), Shannon* (M), Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (CU), Lac-Beauport (M)
03 Capitale-Nationale	TE	23	Québec	Quebec (V), Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (V), L'Ancienne-Lorette (V)
03 Capitale-Nationale	MRC	34	Portneuf	Pont-Rouge (V), Donnacona (V), Cap-Santé* (V), Saint-Raymond (V)
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	Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes* (M), Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (P)
04 Mauricie	MRC	51	Maskinongé	Louiseville* (V)
04 Mauricie	TE	90	La Tuque	La Tuque (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	30	Le Granit	Lac-Mégantic* (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	40	Les Sources	Asbestos* (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	41	Le Haut-Saint-François	Cookshire-Eaton* (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	42	Le Val-Saint-François	Windsor (V), Richmond* (V)
05 Estrie	TE	43	Sherbrooke	Sherbrooke (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	44	Coaticook	Coaticook* (V)
05 Estrie	MRC	45	Memphrémagog	Magog* (V)
06 Montréal	TE	66	Montréal	Montreal (V), Westmount (V), Montréal-Ouest (V), Côte Saint-Luc (V), Hampstead (V), Mount Royal (V), Dorval (V), Pointe-Claire (V), Kirkland (V), Beaconsfield (V), Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (V), Dollard-des-Ormeaux (V)
07 Outaouais	MRC	80	Papineau	Papineauville* (M)
07 Outaouais	TE	81	Gatineau	Gatineau (V)
07 Outaouais	MRC	82	Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais	Val-des-Monts (M), Cantley (M), Chelsea* (M), Pontiac (M), La Pêche (M)
07 Outaouais	MRC	83	La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau	Gracefield* (V)
07 Outaouais	MRC	84	Pontiac	Campbell's Bay* (M)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	85	Témiscamingue	Ville-Marie* (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	TE	86	Rouyn-Noranda	Rouyn-Noranda (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	87	Abitibi-Ouest	La Sarre* (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	88	Abitibi	Amos* (V)
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue	MRC	89	La Vallée-de-l'Or	Val-d'Or* (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	Sept-Îles* (V), Port-Cartier (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), Blanc-Sablon (M)
10 Nord-du-Québec	TE	991	Jamésie	Chibougamau (V)
10 Nord-du-Québec	TE	992	Kativik
10 Nord-du-Québec	TE	993	Eeyou Istchee
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	Nouvelle* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	17	L'Islet	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	18	Montmagny	Montmagny* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	19	Bellechasse	Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	TE	251	Lévis	Lévis (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	26	La Nouvelle-Beauce	Sainte-Marie* (V), Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (P)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	27	Robert-Cliche	Beauceville* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	28	Les Etchemins	Lac-Etchemin* (M)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	29	Beauce-Sartigan	Saint-Georges* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	31	Les Appalaches	Thetford Mines* (V)
12 Chaudière-Appalaches	MRC	33	Lotbinière	Sainte-Croix* (M)
13 Laval	TE	65	Laval	Laval (V)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	52	D'Autray	Lavaltrie (V), Berthierville* (V)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	60	L'Assomption	Charlemagne (V), Repentigny (V), L'Assomption* (V)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	61	Joliette	Joliette* (V), Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (V), Saint-Charles-Borromée (M)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	62	Matawinie	Saint-Félix-de-Valois (M), Rawdon* (M), Chertsey (M)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	63	Montcalm	Saint-Lin–Laurentides (V), Saint-Calixte (M), Sainte-Julienne* (M)
14 Lanaudière	MRC	64	Les Moulins	Terrebonne* (V), Mascouche (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	72	Deux-Montagnes	Saint-Eustache (V), Deux-Montagnes* (V), Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (V), Pointe-Calumet (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	73	Thérèse-De Blainville	Boisbriand (V), Sainte-Thérèse (V), Blainville (V), Rosemère (V), Lorraine (V), Bois-des-Filion* (V), Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (V)
15 Laurentides	TE	74	Mirabel	Mirabel
15 Laurentides	MRC	75	La Rivière-du-Nord	Saint-Colomban (P), Saint-Jérôme* (V), Sainte-Sophie (V), Prévost (V), Saint-Hippolyte (P)
15 Laurentides	MRC	76	Argenteuil	Lachute* (V), Brownsburg-Chatham (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	77	Les Pays-d'en-Haut	Sainte-Adèle* (V), Saint-Sauveur (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	78	Les Laurentides	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (V), Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré* (M), Mont-Tremblant (V)
15 Laurentides	MRC	79	Antoine-Labelle	Mont-Laurier* (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	46	Brome-Missisquoi	Lac-Brome (V), Cowansville* (V), Farnham (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	47	La Haute-Yamaska	Bromont (V), Granby* (V), Shefford (CT)
16 Montérégie	MRC	48	Acton	Acton Vale* (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	53	Pierre-De Saurel	Sorel-Tracy* (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	54	Les Maskoutains	Saint-Pie (V), Saint-Hyacinthe* (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	55	Rouville	Saint-Césaire (V), Marieville* (V), Richelieu (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	56	Le Haut-Richelieu	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu* (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	57	La Vallée-du-Richelieu	Chambly (V), Carignan (V), Saint-Basile-le-Grand (V), McMasterville* (M), Otterburn Park (V), Mont-Saint-Hilaire (V), Belœil (V)
16 Montérégie	TE	58	Longueuil	Brossard (V), Saint-Lambert (V), Boucherville (V), Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (V), Longueuil (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	59	Lajemmerais	Sainte-Julie (V), Saint-Amable (M), Varennes (V), Verchères* (M), Contrecoeur (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	67	Roussillon	Saint-Philippe (M), La Prairie (V), Candiac (V), Delson (V), Sainte-Catherine (V), Saint-Constant* (V), Mercier (V), Châteauguay (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	68	Les Jardins-de-Napierville	Napierville* (VL), Saint-Rémi (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	69	Le Haut-Saint-Laurent	Huntingdon* (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	70	Beauharnois-Salaberry	Beauharnois* (V), Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (V)
16 Montérégie	MRC	71	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	Saint-Zotique (VL), Coteau-du-Lac (M), Les Cèdres (V), L'Île-Perrot (V), Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot (V), Pincourt (V), Vaudreuil-Dorion* (V), Hudson (V), Saint-Lazare (V), Rigaud (M)
17 Centre-du-Québec	MRC	32	L'Érable	Princeville (V), Plessisville* (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)

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Census divisions by province

Statistics Canada divides Quebec into 98 census divisions.

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 other five census divisions consist of two or three RCMs or TEs each, eleven in all. These are shown below, with geographical codes in parentheses.^[4]

• The CD of Francheville (37) consists of the TE of Trois-Rivières (371) and the RCM of Les Chenaux (372). These two divisions formerly constituted the single RCM of Francheville, which was dissolved in 2002.

• The CD of Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (94) consists of the TE of Saguenay (941) and the RCM of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (942). Le Fjord-du-Saguenay formerly included the smaller cities which were amalgamated to create the new city of Saguenay in 2002.

• The CD of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau (97) consists of the RCMs of Sept-Rivières (971) and Caniapiscau (972).

• The CD of Minganie-Basse-Côte-Nord (98) consists of the RCM of Minganie (981) and the TE of Basse-Côte-Nord (982). Basse-Côte-Nord was part of Minganie until 2002.

• The CD of Nord-du-Québec (99) is coextensive with the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec and consists of the TEs of Jamésie (991), Kativik (992) and Eeyou Istchee (993).

See also

• Administrative subdivisions of Quebec
• Local government in Quebec
• Regions of Quebec
• List of communities in Quebec
• Census geographic units of Canada

Notes

1. ^ List of regional county municipaliies and equivalent territories (PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
2. ^ List of regional county municipaliies and equivalent territories (PDF), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
3. ^ Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006, Institut de la Statistique du Québec
4. ^ Lexique du système du code géographique du Québec, Janvier 2006 Institut de la Statistique du Québec

References

database of the Geographical code of Quebec