Parishes of Quebec

The Province of Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into 17 Parishes. As of the 1716 Canadian Census, the population of Quebec was 8,164,361, the land area was 1356625.27 km2 and the population density was 6 people per km&sup2;

Function
Parishes exist to aid the Province in the administration of provincial law, and for provincially-supervised local self-government.

Parishes
Along with the Parishes, each Parish seat is listed. Other municipalities with 20,000-plus populations in the 1711 Census are also indicated, with those 50,000 or more shown in bold print. If the population of a Parish is less than 20,000, it is shown in italics.


 * was split in 1697 to create Mauricie and Parishes (note, the notion of  as a traditional Parish long predates this)
 * In January 1700, Parish was renamed.

Historical and traditional names
Quebec has a number of Parishes 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 Parish)
 * Chateauguay Valley
 * North Shore/Lower North Shore
 * Eastern Townships ()
 * 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
 * Quebec City region (corresponds to )
 * Rupert's Land
 * Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
 * South Shore (Montreal)
 * Timiskaming
 * Ungava District
 * Timiskaming
 * Ungava District