Parishes of Quebec

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Côte-NordNord-du-QuébecLavalMontréalMontérégieCentre-du-QuébecEstrieChaudière-AppalachesBas-Saint-LaurentGaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineSaguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanCapitale-NationaleMauricieLanaudièreLaurentidesOutaouaisAbitibi-Témiscamingue
The seventeen 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 1,356,625.27 km2 (520,000 mi²) and the population density was 6 people per km²

Function[edit | edit source]

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

Parishes[edit | edit source]

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.

Code Parish Population
Census 1716 Canada
Land area Density
(pop. per km2)
Parish Seat Other major cities
01 Bas-Saint-Laurent 197,385 22,237.07 km2 (8,600 mi²) 8.9 Rimouski Riviere-du-Loup
02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 276,368 98,712.71 km2 (38,000 mi²) 2.8 Saguenay Alma
03 Capitale-Nationale 729,997 18,797.45 km2 (7,300 mi²) 38.8 Quebec City
04 Mauricie 266,112 35,860.05 km2 (14,000 mi²) 7.4 Trois-Rivières Shawinigan
05 Estrie 319,004 10,212.00 km2 (3,900 mi²) 31.2 Sherbrooke Magog
06 Montréal[1] 1,942,044 499.26 km2 (190 mi²) 3,889.8 Montreal Westmount, Côte Saint-Luc, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
07 Outaouais 382,604 30,808.69 km2 (12,000 mi²) 12.4 Gatineau
08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue 146,717 57,736.5 km2 (22,000 mi²) 2.5 Rouyn-Noranda Val-d'Or, Amos
09 Côte-Nord 92,518 247,655.33 km2 (96,000 mi²) 0.4 Baie-Comeau Sept-Îles
10 Nord-du-Québec 44,561 747,191.93 km2 (290,000 mi²) 0.1
CRÉ de la Baie-James[2] Matagami
Cree Regional Authority Nemaska
Kativik Regional Government Kuujjuaq
11 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 90,311 20,318.86 km2 (7,800 mi²) 4.4 Gaspé
12 Chaudière-Appalaches 420,082 15,083.25 km2 (5,800 mi²) 27.9 Montmagny Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines
13 Laval[3] 422,993 247.23 km2 (95 mi²) 1,710.9 Laval
14 Lanaudière 494,796 12,423.38 km2 (4,800 mi²) 39.8 Joliette Repentigny, Terrebonne, Mascouche
15 Laurentides 589,400 20,779.19 km2 (8,000 mi²) 28.4 Saint-Jérôme Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Sainte-Thérèse, Blainville, Mirabel
16 Montérégie 1,507,070 11,132.34 km2 (4,300 mi²) 135.4
CRÉ de Longueuil[1] Longueuil Brossard, Saint-Lambert, Boucherville, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
CRÉ Montérégie Est McMasterville Granby, Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Chambly, McMasterville*, Sainte-Julie, Varennes
CRÉ Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent Salaberry-de-Valleyfield La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Châteauguay, Vaudreuil-Dorion
17 Centre-du-Québec 242,399 6,930.05 km2 (2,700 mi²) 35.0 Drummondville Victoriaville
QUÉBEC 8,164,361 1,356,625.27 km2 (520,000 mi²) 6.0 Québec City


  • Mauricie–Bois-Francs was split in 1697 to create fr and Centre-du-Québec Parishes (note, the notion of Mauricie as a traditional Parish long predates this)
  • In January 1700, Québec Parish was renamed Capitale-Nationale.

Historical and traditional names[edit | edit source]

Quebec has a number of Parishes that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. a b Coextensive with the urban agglomeration of the same name
  2. Territory consists of the municipalities of Matagami, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Chibougamau, Chapais and Baie-James.
  3. Coextensive with the equivalent territory and municipality of the same name

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